Security News > 2023 > September > Caesars Entertainment confirms ransom payment, customer data theft
Caesars Entertainment, self-described as the largest U.S. casino chain with the most extensive loyalty program in the industry, says it paid a ransom to avoid the online leak of customer data stolen in a recent cyberattack.
Caesars' 8-K also implies that a ransom demanded by the attackers was paid to prevent the leak of the stolen data online-a Wall Street Journal report says the hotel and casino entertainment company paid roughly $15 million, half of the attackers' initial $30 million demand.
"We have taken steps to ensure that the stolen data is deleted by the unauthorized actor, although we cannot guarantee this result," Caesars said.
According to Caesars, customers not enrolled in Caesars' loyalty program were not impacted by the data breach.
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