Engadget: Hackers claim it only took a 10-minute phone call to shut down MGM Resorts

Engadget: Hackers claim it only took a 10-minute phone call to shut down MGM Resorts. “The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claimed responsibility for the MGM Resorts cyber outage on Tuesday, according to a post by malware archive vx-underground. The group claims to have used common social engineering tactics, or gaining trust from employees to get inside information, to try and get a ransom out of MGM Resorts, but the company reportedly refuses to pay. The conversation that granted initial access took just 10 minutes, according to the group.”