Does somebody have a magnetron?
MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
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Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#12Ocean'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.
almost certainly just a random/typical ransomware attack, not a specific target at them because they're a casino
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#13Ocean'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.
I was disturbed to hear from people first hand in Vegas saying it was making the ATMs inoperable. No details on how inoperable, like if it is just certain banking features or everything. The ATMs should not be effected in the same kind of attack that would take down the website and booking systems. Those should all be separate.
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#14Take 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 n…
How do those hotel door locks work? When I had an apartment with a tap keyfob, it was battery-operated and the fob seemed to be programmed for that specific lock, so I thought they could work offline.
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#15Ocean'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.
I think you meant 0x0B.
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#16Take 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 n…
How do those hotel door locks work? When I had an apartment with a tap keyfob, it was battery-operated and the fob seemed to be programmed for that specific lock, so I thought they could work offline.
Yours is probably meant to work indefinitely. I guess hotels look at the card id and see if you have access at that moment.
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#17Take 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 n…
How do those hotel door locks work? When I had an apartment with a tap keyfob, it was battery-operated and the fob seemed to be programmed for that specific lock, so I thought they could work offline.
Apartment? I assume your home? The upkeep of locks in a hotel is a bit more involved, as customers lose keys and they need to be reset for the next room guest (for larger hotels, at least)
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#18Ocean'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.
I think you meant 0x0B.
beat me to it, unless I've missed a few movies since!
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#19Ocean'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.
I was disturbed to hear from people first hand in Vegas saying it was making the ATMs inoperable. No details on how inoperable, like if it is just certain banking features or everything. The ATMs should not be effected in the same kind of attack that would take down the website and booking systems. Those should all be separate.
Possibly the ATMs get network connectivity via a path that has either been affected by the attack directly or shut down as a precaution.
Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing
#20Ocean'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.
Very networked - but their email servers are now likely cloud-based SaaS.