Brightstar Lottery warns more than 500 Connecticut residents could be assigned by data violation
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection shared a Brightstar warning that more than 500 residents are affected by a data violation.
Brightstar Lottery Group, also known as IGT, informed nearly 550 Connecticut residents that their information was compromised in a recent data violation, warning them via the Department of Consumer Protection of the State. The provider of game and lottery technology said that the most affected are Brightstar employees.
The company is based in Rhode Island, and the violation was limited to Brightstar business systems. Although it does not imply lottery systems and did not interfere with any daily operation, certain data from employees are considered to be affected. Details of the information may have been accessible has not been made public.
Next steps of Brightstar
The company told people affected that no other measure should be taken immediately. However, the advice is to keep an eye on personal accounts, although Brightstar has hired a third party to provide identity monitoring to people affected for two years.
“Affected consumers do not need to take immediate measures,” the consumer protection ministry wrote in a statement. “You must consult your personal files and use free credit reports. Brightstar hired Kroll to provide identity monitoring for 24 months. Affected consumers do not need to pay for this service. ”
Identity monitoring services paid by Brightstar include credit supervision, fraud consultation and the restoration of identity theft. Anyone affected should expect to receive a letter from the company which will include instructions on how to activate their free credit surveillance services.
It is important to be vigilant even in the reception of this letter, Brightstar saying that it would not ask for personal information or money to activate this service. All requests for personal or financial information or payment are probably fraudulent.
If you receive a letter and you do not know if it is legitimate, residents are invited to contact the DCP game division at dcp.gaming@ct.gov.
This comes in the heels of a data violation similar to Boyd Gaming, and another in the United Kingdom for Betfair and Paddy Power during the summer.
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