{"id":2031762,"date":"2023-09-14T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hacker-group-made-up-of-minors-claims-to-be-behind-mgm-resorts-cyberattack\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T12:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:48:43","slug":"hacker-group-made-up-of-minors-claims-to-be-behind-mgm-resorts-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hacker-group-made-up-of-minors-claims-to-be-behind-mgm-resorts-cyberattack\/","title":{"rendered":"Minors form hacker group, takes responsibility for MGM Resorts cyberattack."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhacker-group-made-up-of-minors-claims-to-be-behind-mgm-resorts-cyberattack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031762&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Hacker \u200dGroup Claims Responsibility for MGM Entertainment Hack<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chinese-hackers-caused-power-outages-for-millions-of-indians\/\" title=\"Report: Chinese Hackers Caused Power Outages for Millions of Indians\">hacker group<\/a>, believed to be primarily composed of minors, has come forward \u200cto claim responsibility for the recent cyberattack \u2062on MGM Entertainment. The \u200battack, which caused a widespread outage across the hotel network, has left MGM Resorts struggling to\u2062 restore its systems.<\/p>\n<p>Despite MGM&#8217;s assertion \u2063that it can continue operating as usual, users have reported that the hotel chain&#8217;s systems are not\u2062 functioning properly. Scattered Spider, a well-known \u2062hacker group known for its\u2064 use of social manipulation \u2064and cyber loopholes, has now stepped forward to take credit for the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are \u200ccontinuing to work\u200d diligently to resolve our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-launched-cyberattacks-against-israel-security-firm-finds\/\" title=\"China Launched Cyberattacks Against Israel, Security Firm Finds\">cybersecurity issue<\/a> while addressing individual guest needs\u200d promptly,&#8221; MGM said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A representative from Scattered Spider confirmed their involvement in\u2063 the MGM attack, following suspicions raised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hacker-group-made-up-of-minors-claims-to-be-behind-mgm-resorts-cyberattack\/\" title=\"Minors form hacker group, takes responsibility for MGM Resorts cyberattack.\">malware repository collective vx-underground<\/a>. However, as the group has \u200bnot released any \u2063files \u2064from MGM, it is difficult\u200d to fully verify their claim.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered Spider, a Western-based hacker group, primarily recruits minors \u2064who face less severe penalties\u200b under the law\u200d if caught. According to cybersecurity company Unit 221B, the group targeted over 130 organizations in 2022 and stole the credentials of nearly 10,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>The cyberattack has had a significant impact on MGM, with the \u2062company&#8217;s shares \u2062dropping by 6% since Monday. In a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, MGM\u200d stated that \u2063the attack posed a material risk to the company. Moody&#8217;s, \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-erases-some-mentions-of-esg-from-its-website-report\/\" title=\"McDonald's removes 'ESG' references from its website, says report.\">major credit rating agency<\/a>, also warned of the &#8220;key risks&#8221; highlighted by the attack.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2063worth \u200dnoting that Scattered Spider is suspected of being involved in \u200ca recent cyberattack on Caesars Entertainment as well. Caesars \u200dpaid half of \u200ba\u2062 $30 million ransom to prevent the release of\u2064 stolen\u200c data, but it remains unclear\u200b if the rest of the \u2064ransom has been paid off or is \u2062still being negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>The hacker group claims \u2062that it gained access to MGM Hotel&#8217;s account through\u2063 social engineering.\u2062 By finding a random employee&#8217;s profile on LinkedIn and \u200ccontacting the\u200c help desk, they were able to obtain \u2062access to the employee&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p>MGM customers have reported various issues, including\u2062 the \u200dinability to charge expenses to their room, use their keys, or access ATMs. Additionally, some have noted that the \u200chotel&#8217;s gambling hardware\u200d is currently inactive.<\/p>\n<p>The cyberattack has impacted MGM locations across the United States, including several \u200dhotels in Las Vegas and the MGM National Harbor \u200dlocation.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI, Las Vegas \u2063Police Department, and MGM have\u200d not \u2062responded to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Click\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from\u2062 the Washington Examiner.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of hackers, believed to be mostly minors, has admitted responsibility for the MGM Entertainment hack. The hotel network&#8217;s systems were disrupted for four days before the group came forward. MGM Resorts, the owner of numerous casinos and resorts globally, is still dealing with the aftermath of the cyberattack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}