DON'T PANIC! No credit card details lost after hackers crack world's largest casino group IT administrators at the Las Vegas Sands casino are having a tough time restoring their systems after hackers successfully got inside the corporation's firewall, but it appears that the most valuable sections of the network are safe, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Board chairman A.G. Burnett told Associated …
"Who's the worse scum: Online gambling operations that prey on the addicted......"
If they prey on the addicted, then let's ban it. It'll certainly not pop up as a worse, more dangerous, unregulated underground gambling industry eh? In fact we could do the same for booze, and fags. Ooh, and online gaming, that can be addictive. And fast food,
Or of course, it might be that not withstanding the unlucky addicts, the majority of punters actually enjoy gambling? I don't know why, it doesn't float my boat, but blaming an industry because of the minority of users with mental health issues seems rather odd.
Returning to the thread, I'd agree that the outcome of having the punters credit cards compromised is much the same as actually going to the casino - they get cleaned out, for very little obvious upside. But maybe the risks of insecure systems will add to the frisson of the whole thing for gamblers, and this could make it more appealing?
Not saying I agree with the message, or the methods. But it's cool to see a Hollywood style hack for a change. Most of the time they just knock a site offline for a while, or else post something lame like "You g0t haxxored by WTFBBQ tE@m lolololol." Or of course they silently siphon off data, which practical but boring. But these guys, they know how to make a good story.
I hope they remembered to log out before the red dot reached their connection.
Let me guess a malicious executable email attachment sent to a Windows administer account.
`Las Vegas-based casino operator Affinity Gaming announced in December that its credit-card transactions had been hacked'
be written in large, friendly letters?
And no, I am not panicking, as I do not gamble. In fact, I only ever bet on anything if I am 100% sure that I am right, and the other is wrong on some point of fact. For example, in my student days, some friends were adamant that the first castle approached by King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the one with the swallows) was French, whereas I claimed it was not (it was of course the one assaulted with the wooden rabbit that was French). They were prepared to bet a bottle of whisky on this, and I happily accepted the bet. We rented the video, each of us brought a bottle, and the loser had to open his bottle and share it with those present.
When that bottle ran out, I did of course open mine as well
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