Prison Time for Former Washington State Employee Who Embezzled $900K Summary Former Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings employee Matthew Randall Ping was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return for stealing nearly $900,000 from the state. The embezzlement, which prosecutors say totalled $878,115, […]
FBI Warns of Threat Actors Hitting Salesforce Customers Summary The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an advisory about two threat actors — UNC6040 (aka ShinyHunters) and UNC6395 — targeting Salesforce customers to steal data and extort organisations. UNC6040 uses social engineering and vishing to trick call centre staff into handing over credentials […]
No Sports Betting Won’t Bankrupt You or Tank Your Credit Score, Survey Says Summary The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) analysed credit and bankruptcy data from 2019 to 2024 for states that adopted online sports betting early (eg. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois). It found no significant rise in personal bankruptcies or widespread drops in credit […]
Prediction Markets Face Legal Uncertainty as US States and Courts Weigh In Summary Prediction markets that sell yes/no contracts on events — including sports outcomes — are operating in a legal grey area in the US. The central question is whether those contracts fall under the Commodity Exchange Act’s definition of “swaps,” which would place […]
KillSec Ransomware Hits Brazilian Healthcare Software Provider Summary The KillSec ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a breach at MedicSolution, a Brazilian healthcare software and cloud-services provider. Researchers at Resecurity report more than 34GB of stolen data spanning over 94,000 files — including lab results, X-rays, unredacted patient images and records of minors. The root […]
DOJ Wants to Take $5M in Bitcoin Connected to SIM-Swap Attacks Summary The US Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture action seeking roughly $5 million in Bitcoin that prosecutors say was stolen via SIM‑swap attacks between October 2022 and March 2023. Attackers allegedly hijacked five victims’ mobile numbers to intercept two‑factor authentication codes, […]
Better Collective Introduces AI Betting Tool to Keep Users Engaged Summary Better Collective has launched Playbook, an AI-powered betting product designed to streamline how bettors turn tips or social content into live stakes. Piloted during this year’s Super Bowl, Playbook uses image recognition and smart deeplinks to convert picks into ready-to-place bet slips in sportsbook […]
Suspended Florida Sheriff Tied to $21M Gambling Network Summary Newly unsealed court records allege that suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos R. Lopez played a central role in expanding and protecting an illegal gambling network across Central Florida that prosecutors say generated more than $21 million between 2019 and 2024. A 255-page affidavit details claims that […]
Texas Sees Surge in Sports Betting via DFS and Prediction Apps Summary With the 2025 football season underway, Texans are increasingly using daily fantasy sports (DFS) and prediction-market apps to wager on games despite state laws that still ban conventional sports betting. Operators such as Polymarket and Kalshi have ramped up advertising that implies football […]
Kaizen Gaming Hires HR Powerhouse as Chief HR Officer Summary Kaizen Gaming has appointed Vassilis Gavroglou as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Gavroglou brings roughly two decades of HR experience across energy, tech, banking and consulting, and will lead people operations as Kaizen scales internationally. He will be charged with shaping HR strategy for […]
