Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands luxurious resort revealed on Tuesday that 665,000 of its clients are impacted by a current data breach.
The incident impacts Marina Bay Sands’ purchasing loyalty program members. There is no such thing as a indication up to now that the Sands Rewards Membership on line casino rewards program was impacted as nicely.
The resort, which is owned by US on line casino and resort large Las Vegas Sands, found on October 20 that an unauthorized third-party had gained entry to purchasing membership program information on October 19 and 20.
The attacker gained entry to data resembling identify, electronic mail tackle, telephone quantity, nation of residence, and membership particulars. The corporate stated it had discovered no proof that the uncovered information was misused to “trigger hurt to clients”.
It’s price declaring that whereas passwords and monetary data don’t seem to have been compromised, the kind of information that was uncovered on this incident could be extremely helpful for focused phishing assaults.
“After studying of the problem, we rapidly launched an investigation, have been working with a number one exterior cybersecurity agency, and have taken motion to additional strengthen our techniques and shield information,” Marina Bay Sands stated in an information security discover posted on its web site.
“Now we have reported it to the related authorities in Singapore and different nations the place relevant and are working with them of their inquiries into the problem,” it added.
Marina Bay Sands has not shared any extra particulars on the assault and it’s unclear if the data breach is the results of a ransomware assault, by which cybercriminals usually steal information in an effort to strain the sufferer into paying a ransom.
No main ransomware group seems to have taken credit score for the Marina Bay Sands assault on the time of writing.
This incident comes simply weeks after hospitality and leisure large MGM Resorts disclosed a extremely disruptive ransomware assault that can value the corporate greater than $110 million.
