MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
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#2Related discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/vegas/comments/16fz1d3/mgm_has_been...
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#3Title should be "MGM Resorts Suffers Cybersecurity Attack, System Outage" (following HN norms), or at least include "Resorts." MGM Resorts was spun out of the movie studio in like the 70s.
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#4The linked article is down, here's an archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20230911174437/https://www.casin...
Though the article itself says details are scant, so it's just going to be speculation. I'd love to know what happened though.
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#5Makes me think of the Sony hack by the Lazarus Group.
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#6I'm currently rewatching the Las Vegas (2003) NBC TV series (the one with James Caan, Josh Duhamel, James Lesure, Molly Sims, Nikki Cox, Vanessa Marcil etc). Feels on-brand; like every second ep is about some fantastic heist.
It's worth rewatching as a guilty pleasure, IMO. Feels quite alien compared to current fare. It's dumb but well-crafted, fun and glitzy and never takes itself too seriously. I miss that kind of show.
Surprisingly high production values for the time. It's available in 1080p with decent quality, somehow.
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#7Take w/ requisite salt, but per Daily Mail [1]:
> Thousands of guests at MGM Resorts in the Las Vegas strip have been locked out of their hotel rooms after the company was hit with a cyber attack, according to reports.
> MGM Resorts International has about 48,000 rooms on The Strip. The company's properties include Mandalay Bay, the Bellagio, Luxor and MGM Grand, among others.
> The outage, first detected on Sunday night, has affected company emails, reservations, booking, room keys and casino slot machines.
[1]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12505921/MGM-Resort...
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#8Ocean's 0x11? I wonder if it's just an attack against their email servers or a bigger one, how networked are their operations? If we believe the urban legends about how casinos operate, there's probably interesting conversations a cyber-attacker could find.
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#9Title should be "MGM Resorts Suffers Cybersecurity Attack, System Outage" (following HN norms), or at least include "Resorts." MGM Resorts was spun out of the movie studio in like the 70s.
Agreed, I thought it had something to do with the on going actors and writers guilds strike.
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#10Makes me think of the Sony hack by the Lazarus Group.
Allegedly due to the release of a movie. I'd assume this MGM resort is extortion/DOS.
...which doesn't eliminate them. Recent visits and timing would be impeccable.
Every day they are down is $$$$$$