There has been a sizable amount of news surrounding Full Tilt Poker lately, most of which has been troubling.
First up is a report from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, the governing body who suspended the former poker giant’s operating license this past summer. The AGCC has stated that they will form and independent review board, designed to examine the actions taken by said group during their handling of the Full Tilt fiasco.
The AGCC booted Full Tilt when it became clear that the company did not have the necessary funds to cover their players’ bankrolls. Initial indications would seem to show that they acted swiftly and in accordance with proper judgment. The longer Full Tilt had been running, it would seem, the further they would have dug themselves into the proverbial hole.
But these issues seem far away for the millions of former Full Tilt clients who have yet to receive cashout checks. Of a more pressing nature is a report from hhSmithy.com, a company known for their Hand History software. According to a video on the site’s YouTube channel, Full Tilt was using their software to pry valuable information off of their customers’ computers. This process, which was intended to eliminate multi-account fraud, would grab several vital pieces of data off of each PC on which the software was installed. Included among these bits of info was, believe it or not, the Windows Product Key.
These Product Keys are incredibly valuable, sometimes costing up to hundreds of dollars. In essence, Full Tilt was sitting on a massive database of registry keys which, if they’d fallen into the wrong hands, could have cost millions of dollars to their users. Other sites have been hacked in the past, but there is no evidence that this information has leaked out into the online community. A good thing, too, or Full Tilt would likely have another class action lawsuit on their hands.
Apparently, hhSmithy has done some fairly ambitious digging in regards to the subject. Check out their full video report here.