Iran hacks America where it hurts: Las Vegas casinos

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/27/iran_behind_us_casino_hack/

By Darren Pauli
The Register
27 Feb 2015

US director of National Intelligence James Clapper has accused Iran of 
orchestrating a 2014 hack of the Las Vegas Sands casino. The attack 
crippled the magnificent cultural institution's IT infrastructure.

Clapper told a US Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday (US time) that 
the hack of the US$14 billion casino was the handiwork of Iran rather than 
ordinary hacking groups, Bloomberg reports.

"While both of these nations (Iran and North Korea) have lesser technical 
capabilities in comparison to Russia and China, these destructive attacks 
demonstrate that Iran and North Korea are motivated and unpredictable 
cyber-actors," Clapper says.

The attacks brought down the casino's IT systems including email but not 
the most valuable components of the organisation.

The gambling giant said at the time that punters' credit card details were 
safe.

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