cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/3473050

“In this video I discuss how MGM and Cesar’s Entertainment Resort/Casinos were hacked by a ransomware group and had sensitive customer data and company data exfiltrated from their servers. So far Cesar’s Entertainment has paid half of the 30 million dollar to keep files from being released by MGM has paid nothing and the hackers are threatening to ruin MGM’s reputation with a data leak.”

  • Pons_Aelius
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    Better still, nobody at all.

    Every success like this just encourages more to enter the game.

      • Pons_Aelius
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        They are not giving this windfall to charity.

        When they use these funds to attack more targets, including schools, hospitals etc will you be happy then?

        That is the problem. Every win by these groups fuels more activity.

        • Flying Squid
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          161 year ago

          If they figure out that casinos and the like are far more profitable, they’ll leave the schools alone.

          • Pons_Aelius
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            You give these cunts much higher morals than they have.

            They are not robin hood, they are criminal gangs who will attack anyone and everyone.

            • Flying Squid
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              191 year ago

              It’s not about morals. Why rob a candy store when a bank is around the corner?

              • Pons_Aelius
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                61 year ago

                They are not robin hood, they are criminal gangs who will attack anyone and everyone.

                • Flying Squid
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                  161 year ago

                  You can keep repeating that, but it won’t address my point no matter how many times you do since I never suggested they were Robin Hood or anything remotely similar.

              • Maeve
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                Because a candy store has neither the budget nor capabilities for security that a bank has, including armed security.

          • HeartyBeast
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            21 year ago

            I don’t see how that figures at all. Ransomware attacks are like spam. You cast wide. It’s nopt liek a zero-sum game, where your number of attacks are limited

        • kitonthenet
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          I don’t care. Organizations should have better security culture or use fewer computers, this is an abject win in my view

          • ripcord
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            I’m curious what you have in mind for the “use fewer computers” solution. Like, have people go back to using pen and paper? Scale back their business so they need fewer computers?

            • kitonthenet
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              11 year ago

              have people go back to using pen and paper

              If it’s so important losing access to it costs you $50 million a day I would look at the supposed savings it brings you and gauge your risks accordingly

                • kitonthenet
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                  11 year ago

                  I just look at this and ask myself if the slots really needed a direct always online connection to the same database that the employees log into

        • @MYCOOLNEJM@sh.itjust.works
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          41 year ago

          I mean… Do schools and hospitals have that kind of money at all? You attack school with ransomware and then what? Ask them to pay? With what money, lol? Are they going to pay in kids chromebooks? It’s far more lucrative to attack something that actually has money