MGM Caesars Entertainment hacked by Scattered Spider Bloomberg reports Reuters

pSept 13 Reuters MGM International MGMN and Caesars Entertainment CZRO were both allegedly hacked by the same group called Scattered Spider Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing four people familiar with the matterppScattered Spider also known as UNC3944 comprises hackers based in the United States and UK and has previously targeted telecommunications and business process outsourcing companies the Bloomberg report addedppThe hackers started targeting Caesars as early as Aug 27 according to the people The group had also demanded a ransom from MGM while the casino operators systems stayed paralyzed for a third day Scattered Spider may have worked with ALPHV on the MGM hack the report said citing sourcesppMGM and Caesars did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for commentppThe FBI said it was investigating the MGM hack The rating agency Moodys warned the incident could negatively impact MGMs credit ratingppReporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru Editing by Shailesh KuberppOur Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust PrinciplesppThe world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres 386000 square miles of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on WednesdayppReuters the news and media division of Thomson Reuters is the worldâs largest multimedia news provider reaching billions of people worldwide every day Reuters provides business financial national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals the worlds media organizations industry events and directly to consumersppBuild the strongest argument relying on authoritative content attorneyeditor expertise and industry defining technologyppThe most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and everexpanding tax and compliance needsppThe industry leader for online information for tax accounting and finance professionalspp Access unmatched financial data news and content in a highlycustomised workflow experience on desktop web and mobilepp Browse an unrivalled portfolio of realtime and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and expertsppScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networksppAll quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes See here for a complete list of exchanges and delayspp 2023 Reuters All rights reservedp