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re: MGM Resorts and Caesars Hacked by American and British Teenagers (Update in OP)

Posted on 9/11/23 at 3:06 pm to
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
37911 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 3:06 pm to
Still going to have that resort fee on your bill
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8522 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

This is why i always stay at the Montecito.
Best Security in town.


Best casino host in town too in Sam Marquez.

Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5652 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 3:10 pm to
Posted by RoyalWe
Prairieville, LA
Member since Mar 2018
4267 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 4:03 pm to
My travel agent couldn't quote me rooms today...
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2327 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 4:57 pm to
Via Casino.org
quote:

MGM is one of the six commercial casino operators in Macau, the only place under China’s control where casinos are allowed. As of early afternoon on Monday, it appears the cybersecurity event in the US hasn’t impacted MGM’s Macau casinos.

MGM Resorts’ last major cybersecurity event came in 2019 when personal information on 30 million guests was shared publicly on an online instant messaging platform called Telegram. MGM confirmed in early 2020 that it was the victim of a data attack from a Russia-based hacking group.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20198 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 4:58 pm to
Are these Terry Benedicks locations? Asking for a friend
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
8120 posts
Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:35 am to
A "hacker" got the IT guy with the password drunk and got it out of him.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11476 posts
Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:53 am to
quote:

gaming machines


I thought those machines had to be air gapped from outside influences that would affect the random number generator, payouts, and pay tables. But then, I realized that when machines print or accept gaming vouchers they do need to access a central server for validation and printing.

Vouchers are much easier to handle, I remember the days when you walked around Boomtown with a Bucket of Nickels or Quarters. By the mid-2000’s, TITO’s took over, and gone was the line to cash out your buckets of nickels you won.
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2327 posts
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:30 am to
A guest at an MGM property last month claims his payment card was just breached.

MGM properties include Aria, Beau Rivage, Bellagio, Borgata, Cosmopolitan, Delano, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, NoMad, Park MGM and Vdara.

So beware.

Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2327 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 4:44 pm to
quote:

China arsehole
Looks like we can thank American and British teenagers for this attack.

Per Bloomberg
quote:

MGM Resorts International was hacked by the same group of attackers that breached Caesars Entertainment Inc. weeks earlier, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Scattered Spider, which is also known as UNC3944, is composed of hackers who are based in the US and UK, some as young as 19 years old.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
17480 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 4:46 pm to
Crack the whip or itll continue.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
79100 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 4:54 pm to
They should have let the Sicilians stay in charge of the casinos.
Posted by jatilen
Member since May 2020
13608 posts
Posted on 9/14/23 at 5:13 pm to
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13312 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 9:45 pm to
Shooooocking.

quote:

James McQuiggan, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4:

Organizations work tirelessly to protect their infrastructure and data from cybercriminals. The challenge lies with the third-party service providers who can also access the network. If they have a different security culture and mindset, it can only be a matter of time before your organization succumbs to an attack.


Obviously quotes like that are created to generate business opportunities, but he was more specific than I'd ever be working for a Big4, if I didn't know for sure.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7552 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 10:08 pm to
quote:

Organizations work tirelessly to protect their infrastructure and data from cybercriminals. The challenge lies with the third-party service providers who can also access the network


Then a coonass offshore deck operator charges his iPhone in a control network computer. Said operator has “I work for chevron” on his Facebook page. Then we all get incinerated.
Posted by bayou2
New Orleans, LA
Member since Feb 2007
3728 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 10:15 pm to



quote:

Cyberattack shuts down room keys, gaming machines, reservations and bookings, and company emails at Las Vegas' MGM properties including Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, Luxor, MGM Grand and others.



... this is getting to look more and more like the ending to the movie "The Saint" with Val Kilmer.

The Russian Mafia guy accounts are hacked and funds distributed as relief to various countries ...

Earlier the report was Russian hackers ...

From: Russia
With Love


Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70585 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 10:18 pm to
quote:

What happened if someone had $100 in the machine mid-cyberattack? No proof?


The security cameras will have been conviently "affected."
Posted by xenythx
Member since Dec 2007
33244 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 10:37 pm to
They better hope the FBI finds them first. There's probably some unsavory characters in Vegas that won't take kindly to them fricking with their money.
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
6926 posts
Posted on 9/17/23 at 4:49 pm to
Vegas was unquestionably better run by the prior people in charge.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
92398 posts
Posted on 9/17/23 at 6:12 pm to
Had Sam Rothstein been working, the hackers would’ve apologized already.
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