Ohio Lottery halts some prize payouts due to Christmas Eve cybersecurity incident

Comment #5

Letzgetit — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 12:26:36 GMT

Yup u guys cheating just like Michigan so that's y people trying to hack ur system but they got the wrong state Ohio is actually pulling good 4 digit numbers, Michigan is the ones cheating 1119 hasn't came out since Sept 10 2013

Comment #4

KY Floyd — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:44:03 GMT

Once you breach into a system, you can also potentially go and change some algorithms.

I'd be curious what algorithms might be changed that could facilitate creation of fraudulent winners, but I also wonder if access that would let you change algorithms might also let you change database entries that would allow validation of fraudulent winners.

I predict the hackers would get caught if they tried to collect a prize $600.

That would explain why those winners have to be mailed to th... [ More ]

Comment #3

Wavepack — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:35:04 GMT

If you had a debit card on record with the Ohio lottery, I would lock/freeze your debit card, and get a new card number, lest you lose all the money in your bank account.

Social Security numbers leaks facilitate ID theft.

Concerning the hackers changing the draw picks to their numbers -- I predict the hackers would get caught if they tried to collect a prize $600.

All those valid active debit card numbers are way more valuable to the thieves than collecting a lotto prize.

Comment #2

Todd — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:09:41 GMT

The story was just updated to include additional information about the possible culprits of the hack. However, as the updated story explains, this is just a claim and not proof as the lottery and law enforcement have not verified their claims.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:30:16 GMT

Oh no, another Eddie Tipton out there

Ohio Lottery halts some prize payouts due to Christmas Eve cybersecurity incident

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:10:39 GMT

Fifth day of investigation into cybersecurity event, some prize payouts still paused

By Kate Northrop

The Ohio Lottery temporarily suspended lottery payouts for prizes over a certain amount after a cybersecurity event impacted their computer systems on Christmas Eve.

Payouts for Ohio Lottery prizes of $599 and above have been suspended for some claim methods due to a cybersecurity incident that occurred on Sun., Dec. 24.

Viewing results for some games has also been impacted, maki... [ More ]