World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League website users were notified that thousands of email addresses and passwords had been compromised this week at the hands of a hacker and it was recommended that passwords were changed.
The hacker, known only by a Twitter user account name @smitt3nz, said "when will people learn?" and published the stolen data online.
The hacker also tweeted: “Happy New Year to all y0 cr4ck3r5 & h4ck3r5 (46901 have the same password:sdf7asdf6asdg8df **Default reset password?**)”
The motive is unknown as the site does not host any games but is rather informational and organizational.
Cyber War News reported details of the hack saying addresses compromised addresses included: "Whitehouse, IRS, US courts, Wichita city, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, NASA.gov and many more."
After the warning to its users, WPT has released no further comment.
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