back to article MGM Resorts shuts down website, computer systems after 'cybersecurity incident'

MGM Resorts has shut down some of its IT systems following a "cybersecurity incident" that the casino-and-hotel giant says is currently under investigation. The resort owner issued a statement Monday morning, saying it recently identified something untoward "affecting some of the company's systems." While MGM didn't specify …

  1. SW10

    Yawn

    Bring back Danny Ocean; this isn’t going to be much of a film

  2. Marty McFly Silver badge
    Facepalm

    Complete coincidence!

    Only a month after Black Hat was held at Mandalay Bay, a MGM property. Obviously unrelated.

  3. John Klos

    They only care if they stand to lose money

    I created a new email account when I stayed at an MGM-owned hotel. I started getting spam at that email address, including some that had personal information that only could've come from MGM's room booking servers. I tried contacting them about it. Did they care? No. Did they send inane copied-and-pasted paragraphs of irrelevant distractions such as suggesting things that show their ignorance and such as how to remove malware? Yes.

    Did I report them to my state's Attorney General's office for not disclosing a breach? You bet I did.

  4. Sceptic Tank Silver badge
    Flame

    Try That In A Small Town

    At least nobody will be shooting at Jason Aldean from Mandalay Bay if they can't book a room.

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