Hackers Paralyze Multiple Las Vegas Casinos & Hotels

TechCrunch reports:

Hotel and casino giant MGM Resorts has confirmed a “cybersecurity issue” is to blame for an ongoing outage affecting systems at the company’s Las Vegas properties. “MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting some of the company’s systems,” the company said in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.

According to reports on social media, the incident has led to outages impacting ATM cash dispensers and slot machines at MGM’s Las Vegas casinos, and forced hotel restaurants to accept cash-only payments. Guests also report that they cannot charge anything to their rooms and are unable to use their digital room keys.

A notice on the MGM Resorts website — also affected by the ongoing outage — confirms that the incident impacts all of its Las Vegas resorts, including Aria, the Bellagio, Luxor, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay.

Read the full article. The websites for MGM properties across the country are also down at this writing.

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— MGM Resorts (@MGMResortsIntl) September 11, 2023

@LasVegasLocally Everything down still. No ATMs. No Withdrawals from Cashier. Now all the slots seem to be going down pic.twitter.com/iZtQjcGohp

— connor o’brien (@ob1989) September 11, 2023

The hackers who took down MGM Resorts’ computer networks are asking for a large ransom, according to an insider.

— Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) September 11, 2023

MGM Las Vegas casinos, hotels across US hit by ‘cybersecurity issue’ https://t.co/oRFUCaOeVG pic.twitter.com/2yfXbOrxHZ

— New York Post (@nypost) September 11, 2023