RUSSIAN HACKERS CYBERATTACKED MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL

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.