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Hackers claim access to Gamdom player database, demand $15 million in crypto
Whitearmor, a hacking group that appeared in autumn 2026 and says it focuses on extortion and data theft, claims it has obtained the data of all Gamdom players — more than 15 million people. For high-risk PSPs, the part that matters is simple: if the claim is real, this is a large-scale exposure tied to an iGaming operator, with a ransom demand priced in cryptocurrency.
- Whitearmor says it accessed the full Gamdom player database and published data from 100 accounts as proof. At this stage, the authenticity of those account records has not been confirmed.
- The group is demanding $15 million in cryptocurrency from the operator in exchange for not disclosing player data.
- Whitearmor is described as an active hacking group that emerged in autumn 2026 and specializes in extortion and data theft. That matters because these groups typically frame breaches as a data exposure problem first and a payment problem second.
- Gamdom is said to have more than 15 million players, which makes this the sort of claim that immediately raises questions for any payments team handling onboarding, processing continuity, and incident response for iGaming merchants.
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