Is it just me or does it seem like the hacking issue Melissa Burr is tweeting about likely unrelated to this?
Of course its just as bad to get hacked, but it doesn't seem to match what happened to Dan and the others at all?
https://twitter.com/burrrrrberry
(That's her twitter for anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, she linked to this thread.)
From my prospective, I don't really think global payments had data breach... rather it's just an unsecure system where if anyone can get ahold of a small amount of info, they can make a new gaming account as you and deposit.
In her case it looks like someone got her existing Borgata password, and tried to make a Paywithmybank deposit.
This is a deposit method where you login with your online banking username/password and approve a payment to the site. Totally different than ACH, and requires info that Dan's scammers almost certainty didn't have.
To me this doesn't seem related at all and could be a coincidence. Even though the timing is weird.
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