DDoS attack on Pokerstars causes disruption

Elwin Terry / 28 september, 2023 10:18 | Last edited on: 28 september, 2023 10:18

Last Sunday, Pokerstars was the victim of a DDoS attack on the Pokerstars servers. Because of this, it was online casino games Pokerstars had to cancel all 5 WCOOP Main Events scheduled for Sunday. These WCOOP events are now scheduled to be played on november 6th.

Fortunately, the Ddos attack on Pokerstars did not result in a hack in which information or money was captured by the perpetrators of the cyber attack. “We have a great track record of keeping our platform operational, but we know how frustrating it can be to experience disruptions like this,” PokerStars said in a statement. "Unfortunately, such practices are a constant threat to any business that operates online and that is no different with us.

“These attacks usually go unnoticed by customers due to the investment we have made in our security systems and the layers of protection we have to successfully repel them."Unfortunately, that was different now.

In addition to the WCOOP events, other tournaments were also closed. Most of these tournaments have not been played and will not be played at a later date. The players get their money back from these tournaments, if the tournaments are already well advanced they get a percentage of the total prize money based on how big the player Stack was at the time of the deposit.

However, PokerStars Players do not have to worry about their money in their pokerstars accounts. The players who had already registered for the tournaments or were already playing will simply be compensated.

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