In der Online-Poker-Welt gab es ein mittelschweres Beben! Wie GGPoker bekannt gab wurde eine Sicherheitslücke gefunden und geschlossen.
Der deutsche Online-Grinder „MoneyTaker69“ konnte diese Sicherheitslücke für sich ausnutzen und sich so einen Vorteil gegenüber seine Gegner verschaffen. Aufgefallen ist der Super User am vergangen Sonntag, als er das $150 GGMasters für $47.586 gewinnen konnte. Einigen Spieler waren ihr Unregelmäßigkeiten aufgefallen und man melde dies an die GGPoker Security. Nach einer intensiven Untersuchung fand man heraus das beim Windows Game Client – Thumb Up Down Table Reaction ein Eindringen in die Software möglich war. Zwar konnte der Super User nicht die Hole Cards der Gegner sehen oder deren Spielerdaten, jedoch hatte der Spieler Zugriff auf Wahrscheinlichkeiten bei All-In Situationen und konnte sich so einen unfairen Vorteil verschaffen.
Eigentlich war diese Sicherheitslücke schon am 16. Dezember 2023 mit einem Update geschlossen worden, doch „Moneytaker69“ konnte das Ganze umgehen und hatte weiter Zugriff darauf.
GGPoker gab offiziell bekannt das die Sicherheitslücke beseitigt wurde und alles wieder sicher sei. „Moneytaker69“ wurde auf Lebenszeit gesperrt und Gewinne in Höhe von $29.795 eingezogen. In kürzester Zeit sollen die Geschädigten nun ihr Geld zurück erhalten.
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Hier ist das offizielle Statement von GGPoker:
GGPoker recently spotted unusual game patterns and abnormal game client packets from a user nicknamed ‘Moneytaker69’. Our technical security team investigated the issue, identified a client-side vulnerability, and fixed what caused these unusual circumstances. We have banned the user and confiscated the unfair winnings, equating to $29,795. Below are the details of how this player exploited the system and gained an unfair advantage:
Under a specific set of circumstances related to the ‘Thumbs Up/Down Table Reaction’ feature, which involves decompilation of our Windows game client, interception of network traffic, and alterations of our game packets, Moneytaker69 was able to customize his own game client. These customizations could only be made to our Windows desktop game client since part of our desktop client leverages the Adobe Air framework, which has attack vectors that other frameworks do not. At no point was the user able to access our servers or server data, including others’ hole cards. Through this customized game client, he was able to deduce all-in equity by exploiting a client-side data leak vector. Our engineers detected this vulnerability and issued an emergency update on December 16th to disable the Thumbs up/down table reactions. However, the user was already in possession of the customized game client, which he blocked from receiving further updates, and was able to continue to accumulate the data leak during the flop and turn. Through this accumulated data, he could guess his win probability with reasonable assurance.
We have since issued security patches to prevent further client-side data leaks of this kind and have added solutions that will detect and prevent players from customizing the game client to their benefit. We will refund $29,795 to the affected players and also reconcile the payout for the impacted tournaments in the next 24 hours.
We sincerely apologize for the incident, which has caused many poker players to worry about the game’s integrity and shaken their trust in GGPoker to provide the best poker experience. We take this incident very seriously and continue to work hard not to disappoint poker players. Additionally, we are actively recruiting to double the size of our technical security team and are enlisting help from renowned security professionals to ensure that online poker is safer than ever.
We would also like to thank the poker community. This incident further proves the power of our community and the poker players’ hive minds, as constructive community feedback gave us great confidence in resolving the issue. We will continue to take community feedback seriously and open our ears to all comments and suggestions. Let’s build a safe future together.
