Richmond, B.C. youth arrested in BCLC PlayNow cyberattack [Video]

Richmond RCMP say a “youth suspect” has been arrested for allegedly participating in a cyberattack on the B.C. Lottery Corporation’s (BCLC) PlayNow iGaming website.

The BCLC first detected the attack last July, when it noticed a suspiciously high volume of traffic on the site.

The Crown corporation’s cybersecurity team later determined it was facing a “credential stuffing” attack, in which a malicious actor try to get into users’ accounts with email and password combinations hacked or stolen from other websites.

That prompted the BCLC to issue a notice to users urging them to change their passwords.

Up to 250,000 attempts were made to gain access to a “small percentage” of user accounts, Richmond RCMP said.

The Richmond RCMP’s Economic Crime Unit was tasked to probe the attack, and ultimately identified a suspect in Richmond, who they believe was “responsible …