Caesars reportedly paid tens of millions in ransom after the hackers obtained drivers license numbers and Social Security numbers from a company database.
as the result of a “social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor.” SourcesThe Wall Street Journal that this social engineering attack involved a hacker posing as an employee to get the IT contractor to change a password. The hackers reportedly made off with the company’s loyalty program database, which contains a list of driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers for a “significant number of members” within the database.
Caesars Entertainment did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment. But the wording of the statement appears to indicate that the casino may have paid a ransom.known as Scattered Spider, or UNC 3944. Cybersecurity company Trellixin a blog post that Scattered Spider has been active since May 2022, and its prey of choice is telecommunications companies, critical infrastructure groups, and business process outsourcing organizations—like the IT company involved with Caesars.
The SEC filing chronicling the attack comes after Caesars competitor MGM was also hit with a crippling attack
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