suffered a data breach<\/a> the previous summer. That was after more than 10 million records were published on a Russian hacking forum, while all 142 million went on sale on the dark web for US$2,900.<\/p>\nOn July 14th, 2020, Hackread.com<\/em> reported that the databases were stolen by a hacker or hackers calling themselves \u201cNightLion.\u201d They achieved this by targeting a data-leak monitoring service called DataViper, operated by a company called Night Lion Security, according to Hackread<\/em>. Night Lion has denied that it ever had access to the full MGM database.<\/p>\n\u201cThis is not a new incident and involves an event reported in 2019 that was subsequently addressed by MGM Resorts,\u201d the operator told Casino.org<\/em> Thursday. \u201cWe continually seek to strengthen and enhance our security measures to protect guest data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
The good news is that no financial, payment card, or password data was stolen in the breach. The bad news is that the sensitive information could be used by phishing scammers, and the inclusion of dates of birth could allow them to target the elderly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nMeanwhile, the inclusion of phone numbers could facilitate SIM-swapping operations. These are where scammers use stolen information to convince mobile providers to switch a number to a different phone, enabling them to intercept authentication codes delivered by SMS.<\/p>\n