MGM Resorts Data Breach

What happened?

In July 2019, MGM Resorts discovered a data breach of one of their cloud services . The breach included 10.6M guest records with 3.1M unique email addresses stemming back to 2017. The exposed data included email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers and dates of birth and was subsequently shared on a popular hacking forum in February 2020 where it was extensively redistributed. The data was provided to HIBP by Under The Breach .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 25, 2019. The record was added to the catalogue on February 20, 2020 and last updated there on February 20, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with MGM Resorts or used mgmresorts.com around July 25, 2019. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.