Caesars Entertainment confirms ransom payment, customer data theft

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/caesars-entertainment-confirms-ransom-payment-customer-data-theft/

Caesars' 8-K also implies that a ransom demanded by the attackers was paid to prevent the leak of the stolen data online—a Wall Street Journal report says the hotel and casino entertainment company paid roughly $15 million, half of the attackers' initial $30 million demand.

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Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 3y

They won't pay their fucking employees/ union. Fuck Caesars.

Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Love to see the robbers get robbed! Happy news :)

Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

What do you mean? They got half what they wanted, and any number above 0 is profit for them.

Anissem@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I think they meant casinos being the robbers too

Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I'm dumb, thanks for the clarification.

Anissem@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y

No worries, take care

SheeEttin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I thought that paying any ransomware ransom was illegal.