A phone call to helpdesk was likely all it took to hack MGM::Slot machines and hotel room key cards stopped working at MGM casinos on the Strip.

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    The helpdesk employee will be the scapegoat for sure, but it sounds like the corporate environment had poor security, which allowed this to happen.

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      1 year ago

      Precisely. Ultimately the blame falls on company leadership for failing to drive security as a priority.