MGM Resorts, which operates hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, faced a “cybersecurity issue” that forced management to shut down much of its gaming systems, ATMs and credit card machines. The company's main website also stopped working, and the ability to book hotels online was disabled.
MGM switched financial transactions to manual mode and posted a message on its website about the failure. BleepingComputer found out that the MGM Rewards app is also down, but the cyberattack did not affect the MGM+ channel or the MGM bookmaker.
The problem is not limited to MGM's Las Vegas offices and facilities. According to media reports, there are malfunctions at the MGM Borgata hotel in Atlantic City and the MGM Grand Detroit casino; Guests at some hotels were unable to purchase food or use digital room keys.
MGM Resorts has already launched its own investigation, and the FBI is also investigating the cyber attack. The X Las Vegas Locally account said, citing an insider, that MGM Resorts was the victim of ransomware, but there is no official confirmation of this yet.
This is not the first cybersecurity incident at MGM Resorts. In 2019, hackers hacked one of the company's cloud services and stole more than 10 million customer records. The company confirmed a hack in 2020 when an archive of stolen data, including guest names, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses, was published on a hacking forum.
MGM switched financial transactions to manual mode and posted a message on its website about the failure. BleepingComputer found out that the MGM Rewards app is also down, but the cyberattack did not affect the MGM+ channel or the MGM bookmaker.
The problem is not limited to MGM's Las Vegas offices and facilities. According to media reports, there are malfunctions at the MGM Borgata hotel in Atlantic City and the MGM Grand Detroit casino; Guests at some hotels were unable to purchase food or use digital room keys.
MGM Resorts has already launched its own investigation, and the FBI is also investigating the cyber attack. The X Las Vegas Locally account said, citing an insider, that MGM Resorts was the victim of ransomware, but there is no official confirmation of this yet.
This is not the first cybersecurity incident at MGM Resorts. In 2019, hackers hacked one of the company's cloud services and stole more than 10 million customer records. The company confirmed a hack in 2020 when an archive of stolen data, including guest names, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses, was published on a hacking forum.
