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A phone call to helpdesk was likely all it took to hack MGM (arstechnica.com)
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A phone call to helpdesk was likely all it took to hack MGM::Slot machines and hotel room key cards stopped working at MGM casinos on the Strip.

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[–] Newusername4oldfart@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They’re definitely about to rent the world’s largest bus to back over an employee

[–] chairman 3 points 2 years ago

Nah. The employee is probably not even an employee. Outsourced worker manning the helpdesk, based in Bangalore, perhaps. Haha.

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