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Computerized Betting System Proves Vulnerable

Posted by michael on from the risks-digest dept.

count3r writes "A front page article in today's New York Times reports that an employee of Autotote has been fired for (allegedly) hacking the system responsible for 65% of all horseracing bets in North America. The caper, if it is indeed a caper, resulted in a series of six bets that paid a total of $3,000,000 in last Saturday's Breeders' Cup."

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  1. Re:Anyone who's tried this hates it... by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yaknow, it's really racist of you to mention that dig about the Pacific Rim demanding gambling. Go to western Arkansas, there you'll see weak-ass idiots who love to gamble. Asians are noble.

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