Prosecutors say they have evidence indicating the former head of computer security for a state lottery association tampered with lottery computers prior to him buying a ticket that won a $14.3 million jackpot, according to a media report.
Eddie Raymond Tipton, 51, may have inserted a thumbdrive into a highly locked-down computer that's supposed to generate the random numbers used to determine lottery winners, The Des Moines Register reported, citing court documents filed by prosecutors. At the time, Tipton was the information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association ), and he was later videotaped purchasing a Hot Lotto ticket that went on to fetch the winning $14.3 million payout.
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:30AM
I thought employees and their immediate families were banned from participation? Seems an obvious precaution...
It does say 'former'... not sure if that means former to winning, or former to buying the ticket. But if he rigged the system, and then quit... or simply applied his knowledge from having been in the system and then rigged it from the outside, maybe a remote hack, maybe some social engineering on coworkers he left behind... etc.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:57AM
What I want to know is how you can insert a USB thumbdrive into a "highly locked down computer". 2 plus 2 only reaching 2 here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:14PM
Usually the cable lock is on the back of the computer, so he probably used the front USB port.
;-)