On 17 May, user ‘888prof1234’ posted in the 2p2 forum about his Moneybookers (Skrill) account breached and about $12,000 getting stolen from him in 24 hours. His original post is as follows:
“Dear All,
On the 13th and 14th May my moneybookers account was hacked and a total of ~$12k was stolen in 3 separate transactions over a 24 hour time period.
The account was first accessed on 11th May by an Indian IP address.
I have since been in contact with 4 other high stakes pros whose accounts were attempted to be breached from 9th -11th May (by random IPs e.g. Columbia and Vietnam), but unsuccessfully as they had security tokens. (These are the only people I know with MB accounts).
All my poker accounts are untouched, but now closed until this is resolved.
I am curious to know how widespread this issue.
Thank you”
In a short period of time, at least a dozen other players replied to have experienced at least an attempt to sign in to their Skrill accounts from seemingly random IP addresses. Most of the attempts failed and the community, with the assistance of 2p2 admins, has begun to narrow down the possible sources of the information, upon which the scammer(s) may have acted.
At one point, the previous hacking of 2p2 itself emerged as a possible common point for the attempts. At any rate, these appear to be individual cases where the attempts have failed, apparently trying to guess passwords, and/or the victims possessing security tokens, hence preventing their accounts being breached.
At any rate, at least one additional case emerged where the breach was successful: user ‘LuisBrandao’ posted the following:
“My account has actually been hacked at April 28th. Lost the funds and did not get a refund from MB. They acted extremely slowly as well.”
Many of the players changed all their passwords and some would even reach out to the police. Whether this issue is more widespread and the extent to which it is endangering more players’ accounts remains to be seen.
“Dear All,
On the 13th and 14th May my moneybookers account was hacked and a total of ~$12k was stolen in 3 separate transactions over a 24 hour time period.
The account was first accessed on 11th May by an Indian IP address.
I have since been in contact with 4 other high stakes pros whose accounts were attempted to be breached from 9th -11th May (by random IPs e.g. Columbia and Vietnam), but unsuccessfully as they had security tokens. (These are the only people I know with MB accounts).
All my poker accounts are untouched, but now closed until this is resolved.
I am curious to know how widespread this issue.
Thank you”
At one point, the previous hacking of 2p2 itself emerged as a possible common point for the attempts. At any rate, these appear to be individual cases where the attempts have failed, apparently trying to guess passwords, and/or the victims possessing security tokens, hence preventing their accounts being breached.
At any rate, at least one additional case emerged where the breach was successful: user ‘LuisBrandao’ posted the following:
“My account has actually been hacked at April 28th. Lost the funds and did not get a refund from MB. They acted extremely slowly as well.”
Many of the players changed all their passwords and some would even reach out to the police. Whether this issue is more widespread and the extent to which it is endangering more players’ accounts remains to be seen.
