The Morning After: Hacking a Vegas casino may just take a single phone call

Engadget
By Mat SmithSep 14, 2023, 7:15 am147 pts
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claimed responsibility for the MGM Resorts cyber outage on Tuesday, and it apparently took the group only 10 minutes on a phone call to glean the information needed to shut down systems and slot machines — not the slot machines! — at casinos owned by MGM Resorts. “All…

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