MGM Las Vegas casinos, including the MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, Luxor, and Aria properties were hit this week with a 'cybersecurity issue' that impacted slot machines, hotel room access, booking, betting operations, and several other major corporate computer systems.
Several posted on social media showing the outage from the casino floor, showing slot machines offline and with grey screens, etc:
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