MGM Resorts releases statement on system outage
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A representative from MGM Resorts International confirmed Monday that a “cybersecurity issue” was affecting some of the systems for the company.
Officials say MGM is working with law enforcement to protect its systems. Specific systems were shut down to protect the company’s data, officials say.
“Promptly after detecting the issue, we quickly began an investigation with assistance from leading external cybersecurity experts,” a statement from MGM Resorts International said Monday.
For their part, officials from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that they were aware of the incident.
“These types of incidents are typically handled by federal law enforcement agencies,” a LVMPD representative said Monday.
At midday on Monday, the websites for all MGM Resorts International locations were offline. For those needing to contact the locations, a website with phone numbers for each resort was available.
Many slot machines were non-functional at MGM Resorts property Aria at midday on Monday.
Some Las Vegas visitors staying at an MGM property told 8newsnow.com that they could not access their hotel rooms Sunday night using digital key cards. They also added that credit card machines were not functional at property restaurants, making eating at the hotel impossible for the guests.
MGM officials have not confirmed that the disabled slot machines or the guests’ issues are related to the cybersecurity issue the company had reported.
The investigation into the issue is ongoing, officials said. MGM Resorts Internation manages several Las Vegas properties, including Aria, Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas,
Delano Las Vegas, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand Las Vegas, New York-New York, Park MGM, and Vdara.
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