Report: Ransomware group taking credit for MGM cybersecurity issue

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According to a post on X, a ransomware group called 'ALPHV', also known as Black Cat, is claiming responsibility for the MGM Resorts cyberattack.

LAS VEGAS — Wednesday marked four days that MGM Resorts has been trying to clear up the mess caused by a cybersecurity issue."It was kind of chaotic," said visitor Walter Haywood."The machines wouldn't take our ticket. Lines everywhere. Just chaos."

"We don't know exactly how this happened yet," Fudala said."Social engineering is something most companies don't know how to handle it because they don't know what to look for or what alerts to pay attention to the red flags." MGM Resorts officials haven't confirmed how the breach happened. However, the group states they found an employee on LinkedIn, then called the help desk, and in a 10-minute phone call, they were able to hack into the system."It's about creating a safety net. The more systems we have in place, the more of a netting that you have," Fudala said."Obviously, MGM has that netting in place, as do a lot of the casinos I worked with.

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