Marina Bay Sands breach exposed data of 665,000 customers
November 8, 2023 – Published on HelpNetSecurity
“Marina Bay Sands became aware of a data security incident on 20 October 2023 involving unauthorized third-party access on 19 and 20 October 2023 to some of our customers’ loyalty programme membership data,” the hospitality establishment said in a security incident notice.
The accessed customer data includes customers’ name, email address, mobile phone number, phone number, country of residence and membership number and tier. The company believes that membership data from their Sands Rewards Club casino rewards program was not accessed.
Companies in the hospitality industry are often targeted by threat actors. In the past, hackers were primarily after payment card and other sensitive information that could be exploited or sold to others on dark web markets, but the more recent high-profile attacks were executed by ransomware groups.
A recent GuidePoint Security research revealed an increasing number of ransomware attacks targeting the entertainment, hospitality, and tourism (EHT) industry, specifically examining the devastating large-scale ransomware attacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment.
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