Incident BriefingsCaesars Entertainment security incident

Caesars Entertainment security incident

Same Scattered Spider campaign; compromised via a third-party IT vendor. Paid ransom to avoid data leak.

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Summary

  • Environment: Hospitality/Casino
  • Operational impact: Paid ransom to avoid data leak
  • Financial impact: No financial figure is established by the reviewed source evidence
  • Record status: Developing record. Reviewed September 19, 2026; updated as evidence emerges.

What happened

In 2023, Caesars Entertainment experienced an incident in its hospitality/casino environment. The retained source describes the attack path as follows: Same Scattered Spider campaign; compromised via a third-party IT vendor. [1]

The documented consequence was: Paid ransom to avoid data leak. [1]

Impact

  • Documented impact: Paid ransom to avoid data leak. [1]
  • No financial loss, ransom amount, recovery cost, or regulatory penalty is established by the reviewed source evidence.

Threat Group & Attack Vector

The retained source describes the attack path as follows: Same Scattered Spider campaign; compromised via a third-party IT vendor. The canonical record does not add intrusion steps beyond those supported by the source. [1]

Actors

  • Scattered Spider — identified in the supported attack description. [1]

TTPs

  • No specific MITRE ATT&CK technique is currently mapped for this case.

Response

The retained source reports coordination with law enforcement as part of the incident response. [1] The retained source describes containment action intended to limit further access or disruption. [1] The retained source describes a forensic or specialist investigation of the incident. [1]

This account is bounded to Caesars Entertainment Form 8-K. Details absent from that evidence are left unresolved rather than inferred. [1]