Racing Post website in chaos after hackers raid database

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http://news.techworld.com/security/3490854/racing-post-website-in-chaos-after-hackers-raid-database/

By John E Dunn
Techworld
25 November 2013

British horse racing bible Racing Post has had to suspend member access to 
its website while it clears up the mess caused by a weekend breach of a 
customer database.

“The Racing Post apologises for the inconvenience and worry caused to our 
customers by a malicious attack on our systems,” the paper began its 
notification using the now familiar tone adopted by numerous other sites 
in the same situation.

The site hasn’t specified how many accounts holders have been affected, 
nor the number of users affected (the physical newspaper has a circulation 
of between 50,000 and 60,000), but described the attack as “sustained and 
aggressive.”

One database was breached while “we believe others were subject to similar 
attacks at the same time,” the notification said.

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