MGM Resorts (2022 Update) 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. In May 2022, a superset of the data totalling almost 25M unique email addresses across 142M rows was extensively shared on Telegram . On analysis, it's highly likely the data stems from the same incident with 142M records having been discovered for sale on a dark web marketplace in mid-2020 . The exposed data included email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers and dates of birth.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 25, 2019. The record was added to the catalogue on May 29, 2022 and last updated there on May 29, 2022.

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 (2022 Update) 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.