MGM expects $100M hit from hack that led to data breach
I happened to be in Vegas during this. It was weird. Parking at the MGM was free because they had no way to take credit cards.<p>Rumor was that Caesars was hit by the same group, and paid the ransom.<p>As a reminder, these attacks are overwhelmingly carried out by Russian gangs, and are only possible because of crypto. See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lawfaremedia.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;ransomware-problem-bitcoin-problem" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lawfaremedia.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;ransomware-problem-bitc...</a> for more.