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Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

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Post by StevenXC »

wolverine876 wrote: post #44
lainga wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I was wondering the same. It would be an extreme fire hazard if a power or computer outage made the doors unopenable - especially because a fire could and likely would cause an outage.

I once was stuck in my hotel room due to a malfunction in the inside door handle, which was an annoying way to discover that the latch wasn't even mechanical on that side.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

#52

Post by Karellen »

imglorp wrote: post #35
plasticsoprano wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MGM has acknowledged it's an attack [1] and certain vegas gossip sites have stated that Caesars was hit last hit last week but was able to keep it better under wraps. 1. https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mgm-re...

While there's something to be said for ransomware targeting casinos, "because that's where the money is," that might also attract the wrong attention, and not all from the government. They might wish it was only from the government. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/14/russia-colonial-pip...

I can imagine the galaxy-brain planning session where our perps are coming up with their next target. They rule out robbing international drug cartels and black-market arms dealers, because while those orgs do have a lot of cash on hand, they don't want to get on the wrong side of violent organised crime gangs.

...so they decide to hit casinos instead!

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Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

#53

Post by MathMonkeyMan »

wolverine876 wrote: post #44
lainga wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I was wondering the same. It would be an extreme fire hazard if a power or computer outage made the doors unopenable - especially because a fire could and likely would cause an outage.

presumably you can still open them from the inside

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

#54

Post by themerone »

amenghra wrote: post #41
foota wrote: post #40

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Fwiw you could probably build this in a way that it continues to operate without internet. This creates a new attack vector (disable the internet and you can't revoke access) but that's probably acceptable given the physical attacks possible.

Each key gets a revision number. When the first set of keys are created, they get revision number 0. The lock records a high water mark of the revision numbers it has seen. Only keys matching the water mark get to unlock the door. When you want to revoke a key, you re-issue a new set with a higher revision number. When the guest checks out, you issue the next revision number to the next guest, effectively disabling t…

I think this is similar to how most hotel locks work.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

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Post by toast0 »

tpmx wrote: post #6

I'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…

HDTV (ATSC) was available in 1998 in the US[1]; consumer uptake wasn't much until close to the shutdown of analog broadcasting, but it was out there. NBC broadcasts in 1080i, so it's not terribly surprising that they recorded it in a way that would look good on 1080p. I can't find anything saying exactly how it was recorded, but it wasn't uncommon to film in 1080p/24 and broadcast with 3:2 pulldown. That kind of content will look great as 1080p obviously; but if it was recorded at 1080i, a professional deinterlacing will look pretty good too.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140924040947/http://www.highbe...

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

#56

Post by borski »

gymbeaux wrote: post #50
abathur wrote: post #7

Take 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…

Over the years, MGM has bought up hotel-casinos on the Strip, and now they own most of ‘em. If you’re staying on the Strip, odds are it’s an MGM hotel.

Or Caesar's.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

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Post by squeaky-clean »

gymbeaux wrote: post #50
abathur wrote: post #7

Take 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…

Over the years, MGM has bought up hotel-casinos on the Strip, and now they own most of ‘em. If you’re staying on the Strip, odds are it’s an MGM hotel.

If it's not MGM it's Caesar's. And both MGM and Caesar's are owned by VICI Properties.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

#58

Post by squeaky-clean »

StevenXC wrote: post #51
wolverine876 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was wondering the same. It would be an extreme fire hazard if a power or computer outage made the doors unopenable - especially because a fire could and likely would cause an outage.

I once was stuck in my hotel room due to a malfunction in the inside door handle, which was an annoying way to discover that the latch wasn't even mechanical on that side.

I work in "access control" and that could probably get that hotel in a loooot of trouble with the fire marshal.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

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Post by reducesuffering »

squeaky-clean wrote: post #57
gymbeaux wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Over the years, MGM has bought up hotel-casinos on the Strip, and now they own most of ‘em. If you’re staying on the Strip, odds are it’s an MGM hotel.

If it's not MGM it's Caesar's. And both MGM and Caesar's are owned by VICI Properties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vici_Properties#Properties

Insane. Who is competing with them on the Las Vegas Strip? Just Blackstone with Bellagio, Cosmo, and Aria? Those investors have the power to have practically all properties on the strip not compete with each other.

Re: MGM is down, cybersecurity attack ongoing

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Post by andy800 »

squeaky-clean wrote: post #57
gymbeaux wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Over the years, MGM has bought up hotel-casinos on the Strip, and now they own most of ‘em. If you’re staying on the Strip, odds are it’s an MGM hotel.

If it's not MGM it's Caesar's. And both MGM and Caesar's are owned by VICI Properties.

The companies themselves are not owned by VICI, the land and properties are, and Caesars and MGM (and other casino operators) pay VICI rent.
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