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Betting Giant BetVictor Leaked a List of Its Own Internal Systems Passwords (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

A popular betting platform left a password list for its internal systems on its website for anyone to find. From a report: BetVictor, a Gibraltar-based betting site, has since removed the two-page document containing a list of links to back office systems, including usernames and passwords. Chris Hogben found the document through the customer support search box on the company's homepage. The customer support pop-up allowed users to search the site's knowledge base of questions and answers. "Logins/Links to Back Offices - Internal," read the document's title, which contained over two-dozen passwords to the company's trading platform, ticketing system, and Experian's identity verification service, Hogben told ZDNet.

24 comments

  1. I'd say someone's getting fired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'd say someone's getting fired, but we're dealing with gambling here, so someone is probably already dead and buried in the desert.

    1. Re:I'd say someone's getting fired by forkfail · · Score: 2

      My money is on it being a low level dev, devops, or security guy who tried to tell management about good process and technology, but got shot down and lectured about expediency and time to market and maintenance costs and priorities and quarterly goals.

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    2. Re:I'd say someone's getting fired by Bryansix · · Score: 1

      So, Dilbert in real life?

    3. Re:I'd say someone's getting fired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      and what's the payout on that bet?

    4. Re:I'd say someone's getting fired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      RL is more Dilbert than Dilbert.

      Sadly, the more you teach these a**holes, the more they rim everyone.

  2. I bet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I bet they didn't see that one coming!

    1. Re:I bet by Balial · · Score: 1

      Seriously, a hack at a betting company? What are the odds?!

    2. Re:I bet by forkfail · · Score: 1

      The pair of you are really a couple of Jokers, aren't you?

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    3. Re:I bet by BoogieChile · · Score: 1

      Where the deuce do you think you are with these pun threads? Reddit or something?

  3. I have an guy at western union I get horse racing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have an guy at western union I get the horse racing wires from before they go out the betting shops.

  4. I bet that .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nah forget about it.

  5. Can we take bets? by oic0 · · Score: 1

    Anyone taking bets on how many people get fired and how much their stock price is affected?

    1. Re:Can we take bets? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fair enough:

      Blame all the people who have quit in the past month and maybe a janitor who's about to retire.

      Stock price won't change as everybody will forget about this in a few days.

    2. Re:Can we take bets? by gweihir · · Score: 1

      Firing people increases stock prices (traders are idiots...), so that may work out just fine for them.

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  6. Wanna bet? by Locke2005 · · Score: 1

    I bet they'll be going out of business soon!

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    1. Re:Wanna bet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      BetVanquished.

    2. Re:Wanna bet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'd take that bet. Everybody will forget by Friday when the next round of World Cup starts.

  7. Victor lost the Bet by war4peace · · Score: 1

    Victor lost the Bet.

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  8. Re:I have an guy at western union I get horse raci by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You mean, you saw this idea in a movie once.

  9. You betcha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    These gambling puns are just going to get shittier and shittier.

  10. BitVector by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Who else had trouble not reading (BitVector)[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.specialized.bitvector32(v=vs.110).aspx]?

    1. Re:BitVector by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I found it very difficult to read it correctly.

  11. And that is why you never place passwords in docs by gweihir · · Score: 1

    But apparently some people still think passwords are a nuisance and need to be circumvented. Of curse, you have to be extremely stupid to think that. Looks like management hired the cheapest morons they could get.

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  12. somebody lost a bet by sad_ · · Score: 1

    I bet you they will never find out!

    It's payday for somebody, i wonder how much they bet for.

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