MGM Resorts is still suffering from a massive outage after a notorious group of young hackers apparently tricked workers into handing over access to the company's network

Thu, 09/14/2023 - 17:16

Caesars Palace MGM Resorts side-by-side — A hacking group with members as young as 19 breached MGM's digital systems, weeks after apparently forcing Caesars Entertainment to pay millions of dollars in ransom.
R: Photo by George Rose/Getty Images L: Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment were compromised by data breaches within weeks of each other.
Scattered Spider, the hacking group, tricks people into handing over access to private systems.
A cybersecurity expert says Scattered Spider is comprised of mostly young adults from the US and UK.

Weeks after Caesars Entertainment reportedly ponied up a $15 million ransom to hackers, a group known as Scattered Spider has targeted another major US casino operator: MGM Resorts.