Whitearmor demands $15 million ransom from Gamdom over alleged database leak
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Based on reporting by Bitcoin.com News; not yet independently confirmed.
Extortion group Whitearmor is demanding $15 million in Bitcoin from Gamdom, threatening to leak 15.4 million user records after a previous hot-wallet theft, though Gamdom disputes the breach scale.
Cyber-extortion group Whitearmor has demanded a $15 million Bitcoin (BTC) ransom from crypto casino Gamdom after claiming to hold a database of 15,420,003 user accounts, Bitcoin.com News reported. The group threatened to release customer data after publishing a sample of roughly 100 records, allegedly obtained by exploiting an unrotated internal machine account with administrative privileges. This follows an October 13 breach in which attackers drained more than $3 million from Gamdom's hot wallets. Gamdom founder Felix Römer acknowledged the wallet losses but disputed the database's alleged size, stating identity verification documents were not compromised.
Key facts
- $15M BTC ransom demanded
- 15.4M records alleged stolen
- $3M hot-wallet theft acknowledged
- Gamdom disputes breach size
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