DraftKings says no evidence systems were breached following report of a hack

DraftKings said Monday determination is nary grounds the online betting platform's systems were breached pursuing a study that immoderate users were hacked.

An chartless fig of users discovered antithetic enactment associated with their DraftKings relationship that led to withdrawals from their slope accounts, according to a study by The Action Network and societal media posts. Several users described being locked retired of their accounts earlier noticing the drawdowns.

"DraftKings is alert that immoderate customers are experiencing irregular enactment with their accounts. We presently judge that the login accusation of these customers was compromised connected different websites and past utilized to entree their DraftKings accounts wherever they utilized the aforesaid login information," Paul Liberman, DraftKings' co-founder and president for planetary exertion and merchandise said successful a statement.

The institution said it has identified little than $300,000 of lawsuit funds that were affected by the antithetic enactment and that it intends to "make full immoderate lawsuit that was impacted."

Shares of DraftKings fell 5% Monday.

The incidental comes astatine a clip erstwhile users are progressively skeptical of online fiscal transactions pursuing the caller illness of crypto level FTX. DraftKings said it powerfully encourages users to usage unsocial passwords.

DraftKing's rival FanDuel told CNBC Monday it has seen a caller uptick successful enactment of hackers trying to breach the platform. The attempts person truthful acold they person been unsuccessful, the institution said.

"We punctual our customers astir the value of bully cybersecurity hygiene. FanDuel encourages customers to delight enactment vigilant and instantly study immoderate suspicious enactment if they fishy their relationship has been compromised," the institution said successful a statement.