MGM Hotel’s 2019 data leak might have affected 142M people, not 10.6M

In February, a data breach affecting more than 10.6 million MGM Resorts’ hotel customers came to the fore. The company said that hackers gained unauthorized access to its database last year, and it had already notified affected people. However, a new report from ZDNet suggests that instead of 10.6 million, more than 142 million customers might have been affected. The earlier data leak included personal details of guests such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and email IDs. The report notes that a hacker has posted a listing on the dark web claiming to sell a database with MGM customer records for…

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