UK Online Casino Target Of Cyber Attack

Gambling Kingz – A pair of Polish computer hackers have been jailed in the UK for attempting to blackmail a Manchester based online casino operator. Piotr Smirnow and Paatryk Surmacki were sentenced to five years and four months in prison for demanding that 50% of the online casino be transferred to their names. According to the Serious Crime Division, the men targeted the unnamed online casino which employs 65 staff and has an annual turnover of £30 million. “With millions of pounds and potentially dozens of jobs involved, Smirnow and Surmacki were playing for incredibly high stakes and clearly knew…