- Late Monday night, the operator admitted that they have been victims of a cyber-attack.
- These attacks mostly go unnoticed by customers because of the investment we have made in our security systems.”
- The dot-com market was the most affected, as the prestigious WCOOP Main Events were scheduled to run.
- New Jersey, the Southern European segregated markets, India, and the recently launched Ontario market were all affected.
Such events are a constant threat to every company operating online and we are no different
In what has to be one of the worst outages in recent history, PokerStars experienced severe server and global network problems that started on Sunday causing the online poker giant to cancel all of its tournaments across multiple sites.
Late Monday night, the operator admitted that they have been victims of a cyber-attack. It apologized to everyone affected.
“Over the past 24 hours, we have experienced technical issues caused by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that have resulted in temporary site outages,” the operator issued a statement.
“Unfortunately, such events are a constant threat to every company operating online and we are no different. These attacks mostly go unnoticed by customers because of the investment we have made in our security systems and the layers of protection we have in place to successfully repel them,” the operator further said.
