New Hampshire Lottery officials warned of a cyber attack on its website on Friday, and officials said people who visit the site should not click on any pop-up messages. It is unclear when the attack was the first time. seem. “The security and integrity of our players on our online platform is our primary concern,” lottery officials told WMUR in a statement. “We have notified our players of this situation and will continue to update the public as we receive more information.” The attack occurred on a normally busy lottery sales day, with the Mega Millions draws taking place late Friday night, and lottery officials said they have paused the site with extreme caution while they deal with security issues. They said they would return the site late Friday night. Officials said they are investigating and working to remove the issue as quickly as possible so they can get the site back up and running properly, and they are asking for patience from the public as they work to fix the problem. Officials said they have reported this situation to online players, and it is not known if any personal information was compromised in this attack. Lottery ticket sales in stores statewide have not been affected, which brings relief to store owners like Dave McLaughlin. “Sales in the store were unaffected so all was good,” said McLaughlin, of McLaughlin’s Country Market in Concord. Jeff Stutzman is the CEO of Trusted Internet, a New Hampshire-based cybersecurity firm. Although he is not connected to the New Hampshire Lottery, he says, overall, such attacks are on the rise. “We’ve seen a lot of government websites bombed in the last couple of years. The ransomware has passed and it’s not just the big agencies that have to worry about these kinds of attacks,” Stutzman said. Anyone who runs a website at home should also make sure, Stutzman said. That they have proper protection in place.
New Hampshire lottery officials warned of a cyber attack on their website on Friday.
Officials said that people who visit 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 security and integrity of our players on our online platform is our primary concern,” lottery officials told WMUR in a statement. “We have notified our players of this situation and will continue to update the public as we receive more information.”
The attack occurred on a normally busy day for lottery sales, with the Mega Millions drawing late Friday night.
Lottery officials said they have paused the site out of a great deal of caution as they deal with security issues. They said they would return the site late Friday night.
Officials said they are investigating and working to remove the issue as soon as possible so they can get the site back up and running properly.
Officials are asking the public for patience as they work to fix the problem. Officials said they have informed online players of the situation.
It is not known if any personal information was compromised in this attack.
Lottery ticket sales in stores statewide are unaffected, much to the relief of store owners like Dave McLaughlin.
“Sales in the store were not affected, so everything was fine,” said McLaughlin’s Country Market in Concord.
Jeff Stutzman is CEO of Trusted Internet, a cybersecurity company based in New Hampshire. While he is not associated with the New Hampshire Lottery, he says, overall, such attacks are on the rise.
“We’ve seen a lot of government websites get bombed in the past two years,” Stutzman said. “Ransomware has gone past the roof of web apps. All kinds of things have been hit.”
It’s not just the big agencies that have to worry about these kinds of attacks, Stutzman said. He said anyone running a website at home should also make sure they have the proper protections in place.
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