Several recently filed lawsuits against some of the biggest names on the Strip allege the gaming companies failed to protect customer data during recent cyberattacks.
Four class-action lawsuits filed in Nevada District Court on Thursday say that Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International failed to protect the personal identifiable information of loyalty program customers whose data may have been compromised during separate attacks made public this month.
Caesars publicly detailed a social engineering cyberattack on the company in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Sept. 14. The company said a Sept. 7 investigation determined an attacker acquired a copy of the Caesars Rewards loyalty program database, which includes driver’s license and Social Security numbers. It reportedly paid a multimillion-dollar ransom to free its systems before much damage could be done.
