A person familiar with the attacks said the hackers behind the Las Vegas intrusions are members of a group that the cybersecurity industry often refers to as "Scattered Spider."

2023年9月22日 · Allegedly, a criminal gang made up of U.S. and U.K.-based individuals that cybersecurity experts call Scattered Spider (aka Roasted 0ktapus, UNC3944 or Storm-0875) initiated a social engineering attack that led to the near shutdown of MGM Resorts International.

2023年9月14日 · The group, which security researchers call “Scattered Spider,” uses fraudulent phone calls to employees and help desks to “phish” for login credentials.

2023年10月24日 · In September 2023, MGM Resorts, a prominent hotel and casino chain, faced a cyber attack launched by hacker groups ALPHV and Scattered Spider. The hacker groups used social engineering tactics to enter MGM’s systems, which resulted in a ransomware attack.

Scattered Spider gained access to both Caesars' and MGM's internal systems through the use of social engineering. The group was able to bypass multi-factor authentication technologies by attaining login credentials and one-time passwords.

2023年11月24日 · The Scattered Spider ransomware attack against MGM Resorts was a sophisticated operation that exploited vulnerabilities in the company’s network infrastructure. The attackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive data, encrypted it, and demanded a substantial ransom in exchange for its release.

2024年11月21日 · DoJ's spokesperson confirmed to Cybernews that all five indicted individuals are associated with Scattered Spider hacker group. Court documents allege that from at least September 2021 to April 2023, defendants sent SMS messages en masse to employees of targeted companies.

2023年9月14日 · Scattered Spider told vx-underground that they compromised MGM using social engineering, whereby the hackers allegedly found an employee on LinkedIn and called the organization’s help desk to...

2023年10月6日 · The cyberattack, which was days later claimed by hackers from ALPHV subgroup Scattered Spider, caused widespread disruption across MGM’s properties, shutting down ATMs and slot machines and...

2023年9月14日 · A Scattered Spider campaign called '0ktapus' was used to target over 130 organizations to steal Okta identity credentials and 2FA codes, with some of those targets including T-Mobile, MetroPCS...