April 29, 2024

EP. 240 — The MGM Casino Hack w/ Mel Mitchell

What’s poppin’ con- gregation? This week, comedian Mel Mitchell joins the show to discuss how over the course of five days, a group of teenage hackers tried to take MGM, Las Vegas’ fourth most profitable casino, for $30 million. Stay Schemin’!

 

This was originally recorded on April 09, 2024.

 

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Research by Kaelyn Brandt.

 

Sources:

https://www.kolide.com/blog/what-everyone-got-wrong-about-the-mgm-hack

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/mgm-hack-casino-hackers-group-0366c641

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/business/mgm-100-million-hit-data-breach/index.html

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