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What to do when your casino is held for ransom By Andrew Cardno Co-Authored by Hanna McCall
There are two types of casinos : those that have been held for ransom and those that will be . We ’ re hearing about ransom attacks at the rate of about one per month , and this is likely to only be the tip of the iceberg . What is even more frightening is that the ransom stories being told are about how operators are paying to reopen ; these ransoms are emboldening well-organized teams of “ ransomers ” to infiltrate gaming organizations large and small .
Your organization needs to prepare for ransomware attacks — the best time to do this was five years ago , the second-best time is now .
Ransomware Attackers Have Infiltrated Casinos
Gaming systems , a decade ago , were protected by obscurity during a time when any information about them was difficult to obtain and they were isolated from the world outside of gaming ; today , this is no longer the case .
One might consider the gaming system being used at their property — it is probable that systems running the operations were developed sometime between 25 and 35 years ago along with a wide array of additional systems , inherently adding a possible point of weakness for each
14 Global Gaming Business FEBRUARY 2022