Cybercriminals cash out with casino giant's employee data Hotel and casino operator Boyd Gaming has disclosed a cyberattack to US regulators, warning that hackers may have stolen personal information belonging to employees and other individuals. The Las Vegas-headquartered revealed Tuesday that attackers breached its tech systems and "removed certain data," though it has not …
I struggle to feel sympathy for bad things happening to gambling operators. They're like the parasites that feed on other parasites, and they make ad-slingers like Google look ethical in comparison.
If they lost any of their victims' customers' data, then I hope their fines are heavy, and that they are ordered to pay hefty compensation, personally, to all of those people, whether they are insured against this or not. I also hope their insurance premiums increase substantially.
Of course, there are other criminals at play here, namely those who hacked their systems. Just because their victims are scumbags, doesn't mean that they should be let off lightly.
Agreed, this is a "Can they both lose?" situation. On balance, though, there's consumer demand for gambling, and the best way to avoid losing money at gambling is to not walk into the casino in the first place, whereas cybercriminals are just thieves of the lowest order. On the plus side, casinos are well known for effectively preventing people from walking off with their money and recouping their losses, possible with some punitive measures to prevent recurrence, so perhaps the cybercriminals will get their just deserts.
