How do you take down a billion-dollar Las Vegas casino empire? Not with a bomb or a master plan, but with a simple, ten-minute phone call. In September 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees by a cyberattack that shut down everything from slot machines to hotel room keys. The culprits weren't a foreign state; they were a group of savvy, English-speaking hackers who found the weakest link in the chain: a person on a help desk.

In this episode, we untangle the story of one of the most audacious cyber-heists in recent memory. You'll follow the step-by-step digital breadcrumbs of the attack, from the initial impersonation to the deployment of ransomware. We'll explore the human side of hacking and the terrifying power of social engineering. This is the story of what happens when the digital world and the real world collide in the most spectacular way.

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