Cyber attacks on Premier League clubs
The ESET security report sheds light on the situation in British sports federations and clubs after cyber attacks. How well is the German Bundesliga prepared? In the English Premier League, a club would have lost almost over a million euros to a successful attack on a manager's email account. The attackers tried to get involved in transfer negotiations and divert the transfer payment to their own account. In another case, there was a successful ransomware attack on all clients and several servers of an English second division soccer team. Surveillance cameras and turnstiles in the stadium were also paralyzed, which almost resulted in a cancellation ...