MGM Hotel breach highlights need for sophisticated cloud security

By Jonathan Greig for TechRepublic
Friday, February 21, 2020

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The success of attacks like this are likely to fuel even more breach attempts on other hotels and endanger not just individuals but banks, employers and any organization customers are affiliated with or interact with.

Ekaterina Khrustaleva, COO of web security company ImmuniWeb, said the MGM breach was "comparatively insignificant in light of the exposed details" and noted that the information was not likely to be used for blackmailing. But Khrustaleva did say the information gave cybercriminals access to data that could be used in other attacks.

"We should, however, not underestimate the overall impact of the breach. It provides a wide spectrum of efficient attack scenarios for cybercriminals, spanning from spear phishing to BEC and Whaling. Victims should be cautious about any incoming messages, calls or emails. Those whose passwords or secret answers can be inferred from the compromised data need to urgently consider changing their passwords and secret questions if they have not yet done so," Khrustaleva said. Read Full Article