A security flaw recently forced the shutdown of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's new online gambling site PlayNow.com, just hours after it was first launched.

"[Assistant Privacy Commissioner] Elizabeth Denham said the personal information of more than 130 people was inadvertently shared with other customers on the website," according to CBC News.

"The problem was not caused by a hacker, Denham said, but by 'data crossover' that made the names, contact information and, in some cases, credit card and bank information visible to other gamblers using the site," the article states.

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