Online betting details stolen

Online gambling firm Betfair has admitted it did not inform customers that the details of millions of credit cards were stolen in a cyber-attack 18 months ago.

More than 3.1 million account names with encrypted security questions, 2.9 million usernames, and nearly 90,000 account usernames with bank account details were stolen in an attack in March last year.

Betfair said it did not inform its registered customers of the attack as its security measures made the data unusable for fraudulent activity.

A Betfair spokesman did not to disclose the attack on the advice of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.