The FanDuel sportsbook and betting site suffered a data breach incident after which it warned the customers that their names and email addresses were exposed in a MailChimp security breach.
It also urged users to remain vigilant against phishing emails.
On January 13th, MailChimp confirmed they suffered a breach after hackers stole an employee’s credentials using a social engineering attack and this attack affected FanDuel customers.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/fanduel
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"linkid": "fanduel",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Sports Betting',
'name': 'FanDuel',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Social Engineering',
'customer_advisories': ['Warned customers about phishing emails'],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Email Addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information']},
'description': 'FanDuel sportsbook and betting site suffered a data breach '
'incident after which it warned the customers that their names '
'and email addresses were exposed in a MailChimp security '
'breach.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email Addresses']},
'recommendations': ['Remain vigilant against phishing emails'],
'references': [{'source': 'FanDuel'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Warned customers about phishing '
'emails']},
'title': 'FanDuel Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Stolen Employee Credentials'}