MGM Resorts: Cyber ​​Attack kapena Ugawenga?

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Written by Linda Hohnholz

Munthu wina wosaloledwa adapeza zambiri zamakasitomala ena a MGM zomwe zidanenedwa pa Seputembara 11, 2023.

Kodi tsiku la chochitika cha MGM ndi lofunikira? Kodi pali tanthauzo loti kuphwanya chitetezo kumeneku kunachitika pazaka 22 za kuwukira kwa 9/11 ku US World Trade Center? Kapena kodi izi zangochitika mwangozi?

Zowukira pa intaneti nthawi zambiri zimakhala zaupandu kapena ndale. Kodi kuwukira kwapa cyber pa 9/11 kungakhale ndi zolimbikitsa ndale? Kapena kodi chinali chigawenga chongofuna kufola anthu oukirawo?

Ransomware Versus Terrorism

Ransomware nthawi zambiri imafaniziridwa ndi uchigawenga, chifukwa monga uchigawenga, ransomware imayang'ana pazifukwa zofewa ngati zida zankhondo, koma mosiyana ndi uchigawenga, ndizolimbikitsa zachuma.

Amakhulupirira kuti gulu lotchedwa Scattered Spider ndilomwe limayambitsa kuphwanya kwa deta ya MGM. Gululi nthawi zambiri limagwiritsa ntchito ransomware yomwe idapangidwa ndi ALPHV, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti BlackCat. Bungwe lomwe limatsatira anthu owononga akuti ndi BlackCat yomwe idasokoneza MGM pogwiritsa ntchito LinkedIn kuti ipeze zambiri za wogwira ntchitoyo ndikukambirana kwa mphindi 10 ndi Help Desk.

Caesars Entertainment, yomwe idagundidwanso ndi achiwembu posachedwa, adalipira mamiliyoni a madola powombola chiwembu chomwe chidachitika masiku angapo kuti Seputembala 7 ichitike.

MGM Casino - image courtesy of MGM Resorts
Chithunzi chovomerezeka ndi MGM Resorts

Zowukira Zowononga Mamiliyoni

Zigawenga zatsopanozi zapa intaneti zikuwonongera makampani mathililiyoni a madola pa data ya IP yomwe yabedwa. Choyamba, amaukira, kenako amafuna dipo, motero amatanthauzira ransomware.

Ransomware ndi pulogalamu yaumbanda yomwe imalepheretsa wogwiritsa ntchito kapena bungwe kupeza mafayilo pamakompyuta awo. Mwa kubisa mafayilowa ndikupempha kuti alipire makiyi achinsinsi, owononga pa intaneti amayika mabungwe pamalo pomwe kulipira dipo ndiyo njira yosavuta komanso yotsika mtengo kwambiri yopezeranso mafayilo awo.

Magulu a Ransomware nthawi zambiri amapempha kuti azilipira kangapo pakuwukira kwachiwombolo kawiri. Yoyamba imapezera kampani makiyi omasulira, ndipo yachiwiri imawonetsetsa kuti deta siyikutulutsidwa, komabe, deta siyibwezeredwa nthawi zonse. Ngakhale kampani ilipire, palibe amene akuwopseza kuti abweza deta kapena kupereka kiyi yotsitsa.

Kuphatikiza pazoyerekeza Kutayika kwa $ 100 miliyoni pa zopindula za katundu zisanabwere chiwongola dzanja, misonkho, kutsika kwa mtengo, kubweza, ndi kubwereketsa ku malo ochezera a Las Vegas Strip ndi ntchito zina zachigawo, MGM ikuyembekeza kulipira ndalama zosakwana $10 miliyoni zowononga nthawi imodzi monga chindapusa chazamalamulo ndiukadaulo.

Kwanenedwa mofala kuti Kaisara analipira madola 15 miliyoni pa dipo la $30 miliyoni lofunidwa ndi Scattered Spider kaamba ka lonjezo lotetezera deta yake.

Malinga ndi munthu yemwe sanatchulidwe dzina, MGM idakana kupereka chiwombolo chomwe idalandira, zomwe MGM sinatsimikizire kapena kukana.

Mtsogoleri wa MGM AMALANKHULA

Zomwe MGM ananena ndi M'kalata yopita kwa makasitomala ake pa webusayiti ya MGM yosainidwa ndi CEO ndi Purezidenti wa MGM Resorts, a Bill Hornbuckle, omwe mwa zina ananena izi:

"Monga momwe tafotokozera kale, zigawenga zapamwamba posachedwapa zayambitsa cyberattack pa makina a IT a MGM Resorts. Tinayankha mwachangu, kutseka machitidwe athu kuti tichepetse chiopsezo cha makasitomala, ndikuyamba kufufuza mozama za chiwembucho, kuphatikizapo kugwirizanitsa ndi mabungwe a boma komanso kugwira ntchito ndi akatswiri akunja achitetezo pa intaneti. Ngakhale tidakumana ndi zisokonezo pazinthu zathu zina, ntchito zamalo omwe zidakhudzidwa zabwerera mwakale, ndipo makina athu ambiri abwezeretsedwa. Tikukhulupiriranso kuti chiwembuchi chachitika. ”

Malinga ndi mkulu wa MGM Hornbuckle, palibe nambala za akaunti yakubanki yamakasitomala kapena zidziwitso zolipira zomwe zidasokonekera pamwambowu, koma achiwembuwo adabera zidziwitso zina zaumwini kuphatikiza mayina, zidziwitso, manambala alayisensi oyendetsa, manambala a Social Security, ndi manambala a passport amakasitomala ena. omwe adachita bizinesi ndi MGM isanafike Marichi 2019.

Kodi Zokhudza Makasitomala Ndi Zotetezeka?

MGM Resorts akuti sakhulupirira kuti mawu achinsinsi amakasitomala, manambala aakaunti yaku banki, kapena zambiri zamakhadi olipira zidakhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi. Atangophunzira za nkhaniyi, MGM inachitapo kanthu kuteteza machitidwe ake ndi deta, kuphatikizapo kutseka machitidwe ena a IT. Kafukufuku adayambika mwachangu mothandizidwa ndi akatswiri otsogola pachitetezo cha pa intaneti pomwe MGM idagwirizanitsa zoyeserera ndizamalamulo. 

MGM Resorts idadziwitsa makasitomala oyenerera ndi imelo monga momwe lamulo limafunira ndipo adakonza zopatsa makasitomalawo ntchito zowunikira komanso kuteteza zidziwitso popanda mtengo kwa iwo.

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Linda Hohnholz

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