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The MGM Hack

Photo: Cindy Ord
Photo: Cindy Ord (Getty Images)

In February, MGM Resorts International reported that it had suffered a cyberattack the previous year and that some guest information had been exposed. The initial number that the casino and hotels chain gave for compromised accounts was 10.6 million people, but ZDNet would later report that the breach appeared to be much more extensive: by July, it appeared that data on some 142 million guests was being sold on the dark web. The data included that of famous celebrities like Justin Bieber and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, among others.