MGM was hit by the largest ever resort cyberattack
Last
week's cyberattack devastated MGM Resorts International which includes
the Las Vegas Aria, the Bellagio, Luxor, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay
casinos and the MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM National Harbor
outside of Washington, D.C., and the Empire City Casino in New York, all
of which were affected by the attack. The cyberattack even disabled the
electronic key cards to the guest rooms.
This makes it the largest ever resort cyberattack.
The Russian ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, first claimed it attacked MGM. However, that was followed by UNC3944, also known as Scattered Spider, which claimed it was responsible.
While MGM has thus far refused to pay the ransom, the Wall Street Journal reported that some weeks earlier, Caesars Entertainment paid a $30 million ransom to Scattered Spider.
Since the ransomware groups are based in Russia, the hackers cannot be brought to justice.
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