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MGM Resorts confirmed last week that their cloud server had been hacked during the summer of 2019. The data leak, which was first published in a hacking forum, appears to have included a large cache of information, including driver’s license and passport information, home addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, and email addresses. No financial data appears to have been stolen. Upset about the failure to protect his personal information, John Smallman filed suit against the company on February 21 in Nevada, claiming that they did not provide “adequate and reasonable” security for their systems. He explained in his suit that he, as well as other guests, will now have to spend a significant amount of time and money working to protect themselves from potential fraud. In his suit, he explained that the breach will now mean that he “will forever be at a heightened risk of identity theft and fraud.”
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Money is a terrible master
