Las Vegas Sands now says hacking went deeper than previously realized

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/feb/18/las-vegas-sands-hacking-went-deeper-previously-ack/

By Hannah Dreier
Associated Press
Feb. 18, 2014

Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their 
websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had 
previously known.

All of the Las Vegas-based company's sites were down for six days after 
hackers posted images apparently condemning comments CEO Sheldon Adelson 
made about using nuclear weapons on Iran.

Sands said hackers crashed its email system and stole employees' Social 
Security numbers.

But a video posted online appears to catalog stolen information that goes 
much further.

Sands spokesman Ron Reese said the company is reviewing the 11-minute 
video that appears to show dozens of administrator passwords, including 
passwords for slot machine systems and player information at Sands' 
Bethlehem, Pa. casino. It also shows employee files and a diagram of the 
company's internal networks. He said the company did not know about the 
additional incursions until it started investigating the video.

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