20 August 2010 – By Cristian Dragomir
300€ Bonus from William Hill!More than a month ago, the Canadian British Columbia official casino, PlayNow, was forced to shut down operations after a serious security breach, just hours after it was launched. The problem caused troubles for about 134 players, 12 of which had their confidential information revealed for everyone else. The investigation started right away and it took more than a month to find the problem, remove it and retest the site.
An official statement from the company states that a software problem caused all the problems and that it would have been impossible to foresee it before. The online casino operator lost a lot of money in the process, more than 5 million dollars in total. But more importantly, the players that initially opened an account with the casino lost their confidence in the company and it will take a great deal of work to recover that trust.
Nevertheless, PlayNow reopened operations recently and they are confident that such problems will never occur again. Canadian casino players will be happy to know that they can once again play legally at their official online casino. Confidentiality is one of the most important factors for players and if the problem will reoccur, it will most likely be the end of the Canadian online casino.
