Justin Bieber among millions affected by MGM personal data hack
The Cyber-attack on MGM Resorts led to information including addresses and passport numbers being posted online
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A grand data breach at the MGM Resorts has affected a number of high profile people from around the globe including singer Justin Bieber.
The cyber-hack led to the release of personal details of millions of hotel guests - this details include names, addresses and passport numbers. As reported by ZDNet, over 10 million customer's details was posted to an online forum.
Despite addressing and confirming the breach, MGM has refused to release the exact number of people affected. However, majorly high profile figures such as celebrities, CEOs and government officials who have stayed in MGM resorts are likely to have been affected.
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"Last summer, we discovered unauthorized access to a cloud server that contained a limited amount of information for certain previous guests of MGM Resorts. We are confident that no financial, payment card or password data was involved in this matter," said a spokesperson for MGM Resorts.
"At MGM Resorts, we take our responsibility to protect guest data very seriously, and we have strengthened and enhanced the security of our network to prevent this from happening again," said an official statement from MGM as quoted by ZDNet.
MGM Resorts manage a number of hotels in Las Vegas including the Bellagio, Aria, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Park MGM, Mirage, New York New York, Luxor and Excalibur.
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The cyber-hack led to the release of personal details of millions of hotel guests - this details include names, addresses and passport numbers. As reported by ZDNet, over 10 million customer's details was posted to an online forum.
Despite addressing and confirming the breach, MGM has refused to release the exact number of people affected. However, majorly high profile figures such as celebrities, CEOs and government officials who have stayed in MGM resorts are likely to have been affected.
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"Last summer, we discovered unauthorized access to a cloud server that contained a limited amount of information for certain previous guests of MGM Resorts. We are confident that no financial, payment card or password data was involved in this matter," said a spokesperson for MGM Resorts.
"At MGM Resorts, we take our responsibility to protect guest data very seriously, and we have strengthened and enhanced the security of our network to prevent this from happening again," said an official statement from MGM as quoted by ZDNet.
MGM Resorts manage a number of hotels in Las Vegas including the Bellagio, Aria, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Park MGM, Mirage, New York New York, Luxor and Excalibur.
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