The same cybercrime crew broke into two high-profile Las Vegas casino networks over the summer, infected both with ransomware, and stole data belonging to tens of thousands of customers from the mega-resort chains.
But despite the similar characters and plots, these two stories have disparate endings — and seem to suggest two very different takeaways to corporations confronted with extortionists’ demands and the question of paying or not paying a ransom.
The first, Caesars Entertainment, owns more than 50 resorts and casinos in Las Vegas and 18 other US states, disclosed the intrusion in an 8-K form submitted to the SEC on September 7.
