14 DAY TRIAL // Higher roller poker players are a tempting target for cybercriminals and an incident that occurred a few days ago is a perfect example. A hacker called highgrind22 has managed to clear around $140,000 (€112,000) from the account of a Lock Poker player known as MicahJ.
According to OnlinePoker.net, the fraudster contacted the victim and told him that he wanted to buy some of his Lock Poker funds. To prove that he had the necessary cash, he sent MicahJ a screenshot of his bank account.
Hidden inside the screenshot was a keylogger that recorded the sensitive information the player typed into his computer.
After gaining access to the valuable information, the crook started transferring money from MicahJ’s account. Besides transferring around $54,000 (€43,000) to his own account, the hacker also played and lost around $90,000 (€72,000).
The victim’s account was overtaken for three consecutive days, allowing the attacker to freely perform the malicious activities.