Caesars folded quickly, and paid a $15 million ransom, helping return everything to normal for their customers. Last week, the ransomware gang ALPHV hacked Caesars and MGM, taking down multiple systems across the casino giants’ networks.
To experience what it’s like to gamble in a series of hacked casinos, I got on one of the first flights out of Los Angeles Saturday morning with the goal of figuring out not just how screwed up the casinos were, but also to witness the marvelous ability of the human species to adapt and cope with bizarre circumstances. Las Vegas’s hottest new attraction is an interactive ransomware exhibit, currently playing out across every MGM property in the city.
