Although the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to investigate data breaches, some entities they have investigated have pushed back against the regulator. In 2013, FTC filed a complaint against LabMD for allegedly failing to protect consumer’s data. When the government found for itself in a proceeding by an administrative law judge, LabMD sued […]
Bloomberg reports that “Scattered Spider” may also be responsible for the recent attack on Clorox: A notorious group of hackers blamed for recent breaches on major casino companies is also suspected of being behind a recent cyberattack against Clorox Co. that has led to a nationwide shortage of its cleaning products. Officials suspect that “Scattered Spider” is […]
At least five class-action lawsuits were filed last week against the two Las Vegas entertainment giants following data breaches reportedly by the same group of threat actors. As Digital Insurance reports, Okta, an identity and access management company used by both firms, issued an advisory in August about hackers tricking IT service staff into resetting […]
As an article in DarkReading highlights, it’s tempting to compare the incident responses by MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment to their recent cyberattacks because both are the same kind of entity and both were victims of the same threat actors (Scattered Spider/AlphV). But: Caesars quickly negotiated with the cyberattackers, and handed over a $15 million ransom payout, which […]
MGM Resorts International could be losing between $4.2 million and $8.4 million in daily revenue and around $1 million in cash flow every day it’s under a cyberattack, a gaming industry analyst said in a Sunday report to investors. David Katz, an equity analyst with New York-based Jefferies Group, in a weekly report on gaming, […]
It’s not unusual for ransomware groups to comment on a victim’s incident response in a negative way. Nor is it unusual for these groups to carefully monitor media coverage. It is somewhat unusual, though, for a major group to get so angry at researchers or news outlets that they actually call them all out by […]
Hotel and casino operator MGM Resorts is dealing with a cyberattack that has somewhat sent it back into the digital dark ages at multiple properties and locations. On September 11, MGM Resorts posted a statement on its Twitter account confirming that it was dealing with what it described as a cybersecurity incident. They did not […]
