[10] The problem was found to be missing databases of painstakingly documented curling information dating back two years from primary and secondary backup systems.
As a result of these presumed cyber attacks, the websites were switched to a new server and reloaded with whatever information was available at the time.
[11] Capital One, the sponsor of the Grand Slam of Curling, the World Curling Championships, and various teams and bonspiels, stated a few days after the incident that they would match donations to CurlingZone to help the recovery effort and encouraged other curling-related businesses to donate money.
[12] However, people involved with CurlingZone and The Curling News expressed concern that much of the data is irrecoverable and may have disappeared forever.
In another event, the websites of U.S. and world curling governing bodies were attacked by sites in China and Korea.
At the end of the season, the men's and women's teams with the top three point values are awarded purse totalling CAD$170,000.