New Hampshire Lottery website experiences cyber attack
New Hampshire Lottery officials warned of a cyber attack on their website on Friday. Officials said people visiting the site should not click on any pop-up messages. Lottery officials announced this cyber attack around 9:30 a.m., although it is unclear when the attack first began. “The safety of our players and the integrity of our online platform is our primary concern. We have notified our players of this situation and we will continue to keep the public updated as we receive more information,” lottery officials told WMUR in a statement. The attack happened on what is usually a busy day for lottery sales, with the Mega Millions drawing taking place late Friday night. Lottery officials said they have temporarily taken the site offline out of an abundance of caution while they work through the security issues. They said they will restore the site in the late hours of Friday night. Officials said they are investigating and working to clear the issue as quickly as possible so they can get the website up and running properly. Officials are asking for the public̵[ads1]7;s patience as they work to resolve the issue. Officials said they notified online players about this situation. It is not known if any personal information was compromised in this attack. Lottery sales at stores across the country are not affected, which is a relief to store owners like Dave McLaughlin. “In-store sales are not affected, so everything has been good,” said McLaughlin, of McLaughlin’s Country Market in Concord. Jeff Stutzman is CEO of New Hampshire-based cybersecurity company Trusted Internet. Although he’s not connected to the New Hampshire Lottery, he says in general, attacks like this are on the rise. ,” Stutzman said. Stutzman said it’s not just big agencies that have to worry about these types of attacks. He said anyone running a website at home should also make sure they have the right protection in place.
New Hampshire Lottery officials warned of a cyberattack on their website Friday.
Officials said people visiting the site should not click on any pop-up messages.
Lottery officials announced this cyber attack around 9:30 a.m., although it is unclear when the attack first began.
“The safety of our players and the integrity of our online platform is our primary concern. We have notified our players of this situation and we will continue to keep the public updated as we receive more information,” lottery officials told WMUR in a statement.
The attack happened on what is usually a busy day for lottery sales, with the Mega Millions drawing taking place late Friday night.
Lottery officials said they have temporarily taken the site offline out of an abundance of caution while they work through the security issues. They said they will restore the site in the late hours of Friday night.
Officials said they are investigating and working to clear the issue as quickly as possible so they can get the website up and running properly.
Officials are asking for the public’s patience as they work to resolve the issue. Officials said they notified online players about this situation.
It is not known if any personal information was compromised in this attack.
Lottery sales in stores across the country are not affected, which brings relief to store owners like Dave McLaughlin.
“Sales in the store have not been affected, so everything has been good,” said McLaughlin, of McLaughlin’s Country Market in Concord.
Jeff Stutzman is CEO of New Hampshire-based cybersecurity company Trusted Internet. Although he is not affiliated with the New Hampshire Lottery, he says in general, attacks like this are on the rise.
“We’ve seen a lot of public websites that have been hit in the last two years. Ransomware has gone through the roof, web applications. All kinds of things are getting hit,” Stutzman said.
Stutzman said it’s not just big agencies that have to worry about these types of attacks. He said anyone running a website at home should also make sure they have the right protection in place.
