Websites of Venetian, Palazzo casinos hacked

galvestondailynews.com ^ | February 13, 2014 | various

[Las Vegas Dave]

Hackers breached the websites of all Las Vegas Sands Corp. websites Tuesday morning, and the home pages of some of the world's largest casinos remained down through the day.

The Nevada State Gaming Control Board was investigating the breach, and the FBI was also aware of the matter.

Patrons got error messages when they tried to visit the home pages of the Venetian casino, famous for its ersatz canals, and the Palazzo casino, which is next door on the Las Vegas Strip. The company's corporate site was also hacked, as were websites for Sands casinos in Bethlehem, Pa., Singapore, and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Fyi ! (Special Ping as a FYI.)

[Ken H]

Pretty soon they're going to list the names of companies that weren't hacked, just to save space.

[maine yankee]

I believe these two are non-union casinos. There are very few in Las Vegas.

[khelus]

tu for ping

[martin_fierro]

Persons of interest.

[Loud Mime]

yep. Non-union casinos.

[MHGinTN]

Gambling under protection of law is the greatest money laundering scheme in operation. It will not be ended. But the hackers will be erased by not so private mercs under color of ‘stealth military employees’. There is nowhere in or on the planet where the hackers can survive another year.

[texas booster]

I am staying at the Venetian this week. Can't book meals to our rooms but otherwise unaffected. I haven't been on the gaming floor.

Already lots of talk at the Sands Expo about the breach. Current bets are on a man-in-the-middle attack.