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MGM Resorts Face Ongoing Cyber Attack

Casino and hotel operator MGM Resorts has shut down several IT systems, including its website, to address a “cybersecurity issue,” the company said in a social media post on Monday.

The initial closure affected almost every aspect of the casino operator’s business. Hotel reservation systems, room reservation systems, electronic card systems and casino floors all appear to be affected by the outage.

The company’s email system also appears to have been taken down due to cybersecurity issues and has not yet returned.

The company said that as of Monday evening, its casinos were back online. But the reservation system that powers thousands of hotel rooms and the reservation system that controls their restaurant reservations still appear to be down, more than a day after the first reports of the incident began. The head is spread.

MGM operates thousands of hotel rooms in Las Vegas and throughout the United States. According to SEC filings, their Las Vegas hotel room revenue exceeds direct revenue from their casino operations. The company reported Las Vegas room revenue of $706.7 million in the quarter ended June 30, compared with casino revenue of $492.2 million in the same period.



Famous birthdays for September 12 : Sydney Sweeney, Kelsea Ballerini…

Kelsea Ballerini attended the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5. The singer will turn 30 on September 12. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License photo

 

  • — British explorer Henry Hudson in 1575
  • — Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, in 1818
  • — Newspaperman Charles Dudley Warner in 1829
  • — Critic H.L. Mencken in 1880
  • — French entertainer Maurice Chevalier in 1888
  • — Publisher Alfred A. Knopf in 1892
  • — French Nobel chemistry prize laureate Irene Joliot-Curie in 1897
  • — U.S. Olympic track star Jesse Owens in 1913
  • — British actor Ian Holm in 1931
  • — American country music singer George Jones in 1931
  • — Circus animal trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams in 1934
  • — Actor Linda Gray in 1940 (age 83)
  • — Singer Maria Muldaur in 1942 (age 81)
  • — Author Michael Ondaatje in 1943 (age 80)
  • — Singer Barry White in 1944
  • — Actor Joe Pantoliano in 1951 (age 72)
  • — Actor Peter Scolari in 1955
  • — Actor Rachel Ward in 1957 (age 66)
  • — Composer Hans Zimmer in 1957 (66)
  • — Actor Darren E. Burrows in 1966 (age 57)
  • — Musician Ben Folds in 1966 (age 57)
  • — Comedian Louis C.K. in 1967 (age 56)
  • — Actor Paul Walker in 1973
  • — Rapper 2 Chainz, born Tauheed Epps, in 1977 (age 46)
  • — Singer Ruben Studdard in 1978 (age 45)
  • — Actor Benjamin McKenzie in 1978 (age 45)
  • — NBA All-Star Yao Ming in 1980 (age 43)
  • — Singer/actor Jennifer Hudson in 1981 (age 42)
  • — Singer/actor Emmy Rossum in 1986 (age 37)
  • — Country singer Kelsea Ballerini in 1993 (age 30)
  • — Singer RM, born Kim Nam-joon, in 1994 (age 29)
  • — Actor Sydney Sweeney in 1997 (age 26)