Neither company responded to a request for comment.ĬrowdStrike, Mandiant, Palo Alto Networks, and Microsoft are among the main American cyber security firms responding to private company breaches by the hackers. The MGM breach disrupted operations at its casinos and hotels for days and cost the company roughly US$100 million ($154 million) in damages, it said in a regulatory filing last month.Ĭaesars paid around US$15 million in ransom to regain access to its systems from the hackers, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal. The FBI has said it is investigating the gaming company hacks but a spokesperson for the agency declined to comment on the larger group responsible or where the investigation stands.Ī spokesman for the US Department of Justice also declined to comment.ĭubbed by some security professionals as 'Scattered Spider,' the hacking group has been active since 2021 but it grabbed headlines following a series of intrusions at several high profile American companies.

He did say, 'I think there is a failure here.' Asked who was responsible for the failure, Sentonas said, 'law enforcement.' Sentonas said the hackers were 'known' but didn't provide specifics. 'For such a small group, they are absolutely causing havoc,' Sentonas told Reuters in an interview last month.

'I would love for somebody to explain it to me,' said Michael Sentonas, president of CrowdStrike, one of the firms leading the response effort to the hacks.

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