The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) luxurious resort and on line casino in Singapore has disclosed a data breach that impacts private information of 665,000 prospects.
In keeping with the assertion, the security incident was found on October 20 and an unauthorized get together was in a position to entry info belonging to members of the MBS loyalty program.
“Marina Bay Sands grew to become conscious of a knowledge security incident on 20 October 2023 involving unauthorized third-party entry on 19 and 20 October 2023 to a few of our prospects’ loyalty programme membership information,” reads the announcement.
“Investigations have since decided that an unknown third get together accessed buyer information of about 665,000 non-casino rewards programme members,” the corporate added.
The kind of knowledge uncovered within the data breach consists of the next:
- Identify
- E mail deal with
- Cell phone quantity
- Telephone quantity
- Nation of residence
- Membership quantity and tier
The information may assist an attacker goal MBS prospects in numerous scams in addition to phishing and social engineering assaults.
It’s particularly clarified that present proof doesn’t point out that on line casino members (Sands Rewards Membership) have been impacted by the incident.
The corporate says that MBS prospects who’ve had their private information uncovered to the attackers might be knowledgeable of the breach and impression in indivifual notifications.
After discovering the incident, MBS reported it to authorities in Singapore and different related nations.
Whereas the scope of the assault has not been clarified publicly, the intrusion could possibly be associated to a ransomawre assault. Menace actors are sometimes stealing information from firm networks after which attempt to extort cash from the sufferer.
On the time of writing, although, no ransomware actor has claimed the assault on Marina Bay Sands.
BleepingComputer has contacted the resort to ask for extra details about the security incident, however a spokesperson declined to remark past the main points within the official assertion.
