Premier League transfer deal targeted by hackers, cybersecurity report shows

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https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-23/premier-league-transfer-deal-targeted-by-hackers-cybersecurity-report-shows

ITV.com
23 July 2020

A Premier League transfer deal was targeted by hackers who came close to 
stealing around £1 million.

Professional sports organisations have been urged to tighten their 
cybersecurity following the incident.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the email address of a 
Premier League club’s managing director had been hacked during a transfer 
negotiation and only intervention from the bank prevented the club losing 
around £1 million.

It was one of several incidents highlighted as evidence that sport needed 
to improve its cybersecurity as it faced increased pressure from 
cybercriminals – another breach saw a Football League club hit by 
ransomware which cut off its security systems, blocking turnstiles and 
almost resulting in a fixture postponement.

The Cyber Threat to Sports Organisations report also revealed that a 
member of staff at a racecourse lost £15,000 after attempting to buy 
groundskeeping equipment from a spoofed version of eBay.

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