{"id":9888,"date":"2025-09-28T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/mgm-resorts-offers-cybersecurity-help-to-boyd-gaming-after-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:11:19","slug":"mgm-resorts-offers-cybersecurity-help-to-boyd-gaming-after-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/mgm-resorts-offers-cybersecurity-help-to-boyd-gaming-after-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Resorts Offers Cybersecurity Help to Boyd Gaming After Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cybersecurity remains a sensitive subject for casino operators in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International chief technology officer John Branden Newman recently confirmed that his team reached out to Boyd Gaming Corp. following a <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/boyd-gaming-reports-cybersecurity-incident-casino-operations-unaffected\/\">newly disclosed cyberattack<\/a>. This as first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>MGM Resorts offered direct support to Boyd Gaming after news of the cyber incident surfaced.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Newman himself was previously MGM\u2019s chief information security officer during the company\u2019s high-profile 2023 cyberattack.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>A 17-year-old linked to that earlier MGM hack has now surrendered to law enforcement.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Speaking at a Nevada Gaming Commission licensing hearing, Newman explained that MGM\u2019s security group quickly contacted Boyd Gaming to offer help once word of the breach became public.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s obviously unfortunate that a lot of the players in the industry and various industries actually are still getting hit by these same types of attacks,\u201d<\/em> Newman said. <em>\u201cWe did reach out and offer our support. I don\u2019t have a lot of detailed information about it. 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He was chief information security officer during MGM\u2019s 2023 breach, which temporarily disrupted operations and led to millions in losses. He told regulators that the response forced his team to rebuild systems from the ground up.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was obviously a very difficult time for us responding to that incident and rebuilding the environment,\u201d<\/em> Newman explained.<em> \u201cWe have put in numerous controls to reduce the risk of any further occurrence of this, and we keep our eye on all the threat intelligence across the industry, including keeping up with the various threat actors that are still hitting people in our industry. We\u2019re still working with the FBI.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His background also includes service with the United States Air Force and Department of Defense. 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