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Prosecutors Suspect Man Hacked Lottery Computers to Score Winning Ticket

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-feeling-lucky? dept.

AnonTechie writes in with an article from Ars Technica:

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.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jcross on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:39PM

    by jcross (4009) on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:39PM (#171581)

    Presumably the smart thing would be to get the lottery tickets back from the bum *before* the results were announced, when their expected value is outweighed by the value of the liquor.

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