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ABSOLUTE POKER ISSUES INTERIM STATEMENT ON SECURITY BREACH
(NOVEMBER 8, 2007) --- Absolute Poker (AP) issued the following statement today
with respect to its on-going internal investigation of the recent security breach in its
system.
“As Former Grand Chief Joe Norton, the 100% owner of AP, previously stated, Absolute
Poker will, when appropriate, issue periodic updates concerning the recent security
breach in its system. Because the Kahnawake Gaming Commission’s (KGC’s)
investigation is on-going, the information provided in this interim statement is subject to
the completion of the final KCG inquiry. Gaming Associates (GA) is in the process of
auditing AP’s systems as part of the KGC inquiry. AP continues to cooperate fully with
these investigations.
“First and foremost, we would like to assure our players, once again, that the security
breach, which resulted in unfair play, was resolved immediately after it was discovered
and confirmed, and AP’s sites are absolutely secure.
“At this point, all players known to have been adversely impacted by the security breach
have been fully reimbursed with interest. The amount that was illicitly ‘won’ by the
illegitimate accounts was approximately US$800,000. The amount reimbursed to players
by AP as a result of the security breach was approximately US$1,600,000.
“Thus far, our internal audit has uncovered the following additional information:
• “The known period of unfair playing was approximately 40 days in length,
beginning on 14 August 2007.
• “A known perpetrator was immediately terminated upon discovery of the scheme
and no longer has access to AP. AP’s internal investigation continues.
• “The system breach was the result of a recent internal software release impacting
internal reporting. The breach was exploitable only by an authorized AP person
that manipulated the internal reporting software, together with the AP gaming
software. The security breach was not, therefore, the result of an external action,
and no individual outside AP could exploit the breach.
• “There is no evidence of the current or past existence of a “super-user” account.
There is no player account in the AP system with the ability to see other players’
hole cards.
• “The names of the accounts known to have cheated are: potripper, graycat,
steamroller, doubledrag, payup, supercard55, and romnaldo. These accounts have
been closed. All players that played hands and lost funds during the period in
question, against these accounts have received refunds, plus interest, for the net
amounts lost.
• “All accounts associated with the perpetrating accounts are under investigation. If
any other accounts are deemed to have engaged in illicit activities, AP will refund
all affected players in the same manner.
• “AP can confirm that not every hand played by the perpetrating accounts during
the said period was compromised by the tool enabling the unfair advantage.
Nonetheless, AP has refunded players for the net loss resulting from every hand
played against the perpetrating accounts during the affected period.
• “All hand histories with respect to the affected period were retained by AP and
were made available to both the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and the internal
auditor for detailed review.
• “All registered accounts in the AP database are under investigation to ensure that
there are no other compromised accounts with links or associations to the closed
accounts. If the on-going investigation determines that there are any further
accounts that were used in connection with the unfair play, all affected players
will be reimbursed in full, with interest.
“AP regrets the damage that has been done to its players and to its own reputation by this
incident. We are absolutely focused on doing the right thing for our loyal customers,
employees, consultants, and business partners, and we will continue to work with the
KGC and Gaming Associates to bring this incident into the full light of day and to right
any wrongs done to innocent victims of this unfair play.
“Currently, thousands of people are playing on AP both for real money and for free. AP
is a safe, secure and fun place to play poker.”