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MGM Resorts has shut down some of its IT systems following a "Cybersecurity incident" that the casino-and-hotel giant says is currently under investigation. While MGM didn't specify which parts of its IT environment had been hit - or provide any specific details about the snafu - the MGM Resorts website was down as of Monday afternoon, and a concierge at one of the hotels told The Register that all digital operations are being performed manually because the outage had taken down computer systems across the leisure goliath's empire.

MGM Resorts International disclosed today that it is dealing with a cybersecurity issue that impacted some of its systems, including its main website and online reservations. "MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting some of the Company's systems," the company announced on its profile page on X. The company says that it started an investigation immediately after detecting the issue "And took prompt action to protect our systems and data, including shutting down certain systems."

Miscreants have dumped on Telegram more than 142 million customer records stolen from MGM Resorts, exposing names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth for any would-be identity thief.The vpnMentor research team stumbled upon the files, which totaled 8.7 GB of data, on the messaging platform earlier this week, and noted that they "Assume at least 30 million people had some of their data leaked." MGM Resorts, a hotel and casino chain, did not respond to The Register's request for comment.