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MGM Resorts Computers Back Up After 10 Days as Analysts Eye Effects

LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from a cyberattack data including hotel reservations and credit card processing, the casino giant said Wednesday, as analysts and academics measured …

Attacks on Casino Giants Heralds Resurgence in Ransomware Demands

Cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment last week show that ransomware gangs continue to be a major threat and are using more sophisticated strategies to break into private computer networks. GuyCarpenter reported Wednesday that a cybercrime group called …

Hackers who Breached Casino Giants MGM, Caesars also Hit 3 Other Firms, Okta Says

Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment in recent weeks also broke into the systems of three other companies in the manufacturing, retail, and technology space, a security executive familiar with the matter said. David Bradbury, …

Two Las Vegas Casinos Fell Victim to Cyberattacks

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A persistent error message greeted Dulce Martinez on Monday as she tried to access her casino rewards account to book accommodations for an upcoming business trip. That`s odd, she thought, then toggled over to Facebook to …

HCA Healthcare Says Data Breach May Affect 11 Million Patients in 20 States

BOSTON (AP) — Medical giant HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals in the U.S. and Britain, says the personal data of about 11 million patients in 20 states may have been stolen in a data breach. Samples of the data, …

Ransomware Criminals are Dumping Kids` Private Files Online After School Hacks

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts. “Please do something,” begged a student in one leaked …

Fear Created by Data Breach Suffices for Class-Action Suit to Proceed, 1st Circuit Rules

Former customers of Injured Workers Pharmacy whose personal information was stolen by hackers and allegedly used to file a fake tax return may pursue a class-action lawsuit against the company, a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled …

Hackers Aim to Find Flaws in AI – with White House Help

No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot – trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and other major AI providers such …

US Infiltrates Big Ransomware Gang: ‘We Hacked the Hackers’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily disrupted the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year, saving victims including hospitals and school districts a potential $130 million in ransom payments, Attorney General …

Fewer Companies Are Paying Ransoms to Hackers, Researchers Say

Fewer companies that are infected with ransomware are coughing up extortion payments demanded by hackers, according to new research from Chainalysis Inc. In findings published on Thursday, the blockchain forensics firm estimated that ransom payments — which are almost always …