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		<title>More security issues with AP/UB  Cereus not so serious about their security? </title>
		<link>http://pokerati.com/2010/05/07/more-security-issues-with-apub-cereus-not-so-serious-about-their-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 22:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Speculation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scandal-plagued Cereus Network, home of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, took another hit on Thursday regarding their encryption procedures. Poker Table Ratings issued a &#8220;security alert&#8221; advising players not to play at AP/UB as they revealed a major security flaw as Cereus was using XOR encryption rather than the poker industry standard SSL protocol [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The scandal-plagued <a href="http://www.cereuspoker.com">Cereus Network</a>, home of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, took another hit on Thursday regarding their encryption procedures.  <a href="http://www.pokertableratings.com/blog/2010/05/ptr-security-alert-cereus-poker-network/">Poker Table Ratings issued a &#8220;security alert&#8221;</a> advising players not to play at AP/UB as they revealed a <a href="http://www.pokertableratings.com/blog/2010/05/ptr-security-advisory-cereus-poker-network-uses-weak-encryption/">major security flaw</a> as Cereus was using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XOR_cipher">XOR encryption</a> rather than the poker industry standard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">SSL protocol</a> for all network transmissions.  </p>
<p>An example of what PTR found is in the video below:</p>
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<p>Cereus COO Paul Leggett <a href="http://blog.ultimatebet.com/2010/05/encryption-issue/">issued a response</a> shortly after the PTR report came out Thursday evening and <a href="http://blog.ultimatebet.com/2010/05/security-issue-update/">posted a status update</a> just a few minutes ago stating that they&#8217;ve issued an update to their software earlier Friday and are working with PTR on the new encryption and the eventual release of a more advanced solution using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL">Open SSL protocol</a>, scheduled to be available in one week.</p>
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		<title>Re: EPT Berlin Armed Robbery Attempt</title>
		<link>http://pokerati.com/2010/03/06/re-ept-berlin-armed-robbery-attempt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Speculation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ept-berlin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some video from this afternoon&#8217;s attempted robbery at EPT Berlin: Here&#8217;s a clip of an interview from German TV news: A translation from 2+2 poster &#8220;B4RT3K&#8221; from the interview between the reporter and &#8220;Roman&#8221; the security guard in the video above: Reporter: &#8220;We got one witness with us, Roman, you are from the security [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s some video from this afternoon&#8217;s attempted robbery at EPT Berlin:</p>
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Here&#8217;s a clip of an interview from German TV news:</p>
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<p>A translation from 2+2 poster &#8220;B4RT3K&#8221; from the interview between the reporter and &#8220;Roman&#8221; the security guard in the video above:</p>
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Reporter: &#8220;We got one witness with us, Roman, you are from the security Team (Security-Kuhr), you were involved in this conflict, how can u describe what happened there ?&#8221;</p>
<p>Roman: &#8220;It was really scary, with how much brutality the gangsters were acting, I was just standing there minding my own business and securing the money, happy about the fact that the day was calm and nothing happened, suddenly there is shouting and screaming coming from the hallway and the people (gangsters) rush the cashier floor with huge brutality and even armed&#8230; it was really scary.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reporter: &#8220;You are injured, but you got to get hold of one of the gangsters, you were trying to get the money back from him&#8230; were you successful ?&#8221;</p>
<p>Roman: &#8220;Yeah, thank god, we were successful&#8230; we got a huge amount of the money back from the gangsters, one of the employees of the hotel helped me there, but we couldn&#8217;t secure the gangster because he got rescued by his friends.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reporter: &#8220;Which weapons were used ? We saw a machete, there were rumours about grenades, kalashnikovs, guns, pump-guns etc.?&#8221;</p>
<p>Roman: &#8220;I can only verify the machete and a hand-held gun.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reporter: &#8220;So you really tried to get hold of the gangsters even though u were unarmed and they were armed with guns?&#8221;</p>
<p>Roman: &#8220;Yeah, in the first moment I didn&#8217;t think of the fact that they will use the guns against me, and I just wanted to stop them from what they were doing in that particular moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reporter: &#8220;Brave.&#8221; </p>
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<p>UPDATE: Here&#8217;s another PokerNews update with audio from a police spokesman:</p>
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		<title>Joe Sebok: UB Superuser hand histories available soon</title>
		<link>http://pokerati.com/2009/09/24/joe-sebok-announces-process-to-get-ub-hand-histories-from-superusers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Speculation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the main complaints about those affected by the UB superuser scandal is that players have not been able to see their hand histories against the list of 100+ superusers. From Joe Sebok&#8217;s blog: Whew, crazy couple of days. Thanks everyone for all the support. You guys are amazing and I can&#8217;t thank you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the main complaints about those affected by the UB superuser scandal is that players have not been able to see their hand histories against the list of 100+ superusers.  From <a href="http://www.pokerroad.com/blog/joe-sebok/posts/process-for-release-of-ub-hand-histories-new-york-city">Joe Sebok&#8217;s blog</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Whew, crazy couple of days.  Thanks everyone for all the support.  You guys are amazing and I can&#8217;t thank you enough for the love.  For the skeptical, I just ask that you give the situation some more time&#8230;</p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s get to the release of the hand histories. It&#8217;s a two-part process and here is the rundown:</p>
<p>First off, UB is currently working to catch up on all past historical requests, so be aware of that if you already have a request in.  In truth though, it can&#8217;t hurt to send another email request just to lock it up.  You can do so at pokersecurity@ultimatebet.com.  Please include all pertinent information in your email:  your name, address, and your user name.</p>
<p>Now, once your request has been processed you should expect a summary version of the information first.  It&#8217;ll be a spreadsheet that details every hand you specifically played against each of the identified 117 cheating accounts.  This will be a complete record of all those hands so that you can go through and verify the refund amounts yourselves.  This will act as a summary as we want to get something out to you while the actual detailed hand histories are processed, which obviously takes longer.</p>
<p>Some hand histories will go out quickly, as they won&#8217;t contain as many hands as others.  Some players have played a ridiculous amount of hands however and that will take a longer amount of time to process.  Again, this is the reason for the first, summary hand breakdown of the information, as that gets something in your hands that you can begin checking sooner.</p>
<p>Please be a little patient with getting this information out and back to you once you have requested it.  I know you have all been waiting for quite a while, but this kind of project takes some time to run through.</p>
<p>Thanks to the KGC and UB for making this all happen.  I am impressed to say the least.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Instapoker</title>
		<link>http://pokerati.com/2009/05/08/instapoker-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just some early-morning semi-pokery stuff that&#8217;s caught my eye &#8230; actually, first part&#8217;s not so pokery, but I think a lot of poker fans might be curious about this upcoming ESPN piece on the governor&#8217;s efforts in Delaware to bring sports betting to that state: (And no wonder Doyle Brunson loves it in Montana.) E:60 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just some early-morning semi-pokery stuff that&#8217;s caught my eye &#8230; actually, first part&#8217;s not so pokery, but I think a lot of poker fans might be curious about this upcoming ESPN piece on the governor&#8217;s efforts in <strong>Delaware</strong> to bring sports betting to that state:</p>
<p>(And no wonder <strong>Doyle Brunson</strong> loves it in Montana.)</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4531253">E:60 Delaware Betting Preview</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pentasia.com/vacancies/detail.asp?jid=3246">And this job ad, for a new position in London</a> &#8230; <strong>Investigator &#8211; Poker Specialist</strong>. I don&#8217;t have much to say about the specific position (London usually means <strong>PartyPoker</strong>, but not always) &#8230; except that I&#8217;ve never seen such a title before. New.</p>
<blockquote><p>Key Responsibilities:</p>
<p>â€¢ Fraud prevention, detection and investigation<br />
â€¢ Understanding of international online payment methods<br />
â€¢ Knowledge of Money Laundering detection and regulation<br />
â€¢ Knowledge of foreign language/customs<br />
â€¢ Experience of reading Poker hands in relation to chip dumping cases. </p></blockquote>
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