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'We are supportive of the transfer of the Ferry Point Golf Course to Bally's, and we are confident they will deliver a high-quality golfing experience to New Yorkers,' Dan Kastanis, a parks department spokesperson, said in a statement.
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Under the new deal, Bally's will take over full operations, management and maintenance of the golf course, removing the Trump Organization from any involvement with the property, according to the comptroller's spokesperson.
The hackers claimed that they had infiltrated MGM's network by Friday September 8, and that the initial disruptions to the company's system last weekend were actually the result of MGM employees frantically disconnecting devices to stem the attack.
The Trump Organization sold its right to operate the public golf course, city officials confirmed, offloading control of the publicly-owned property to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York. Bally's Corporation, a gaming and entertainment company, will take over the job of running the 18-hole course, known as Trump Golf Links Ferry Point, according to a spokesperson for the city's comptroller. The terms of the lease transfer were not immediately available.
Earlier this year, Bally's told the new online casino York Times it had reached a deal to take over a smaller portion of the property, promising to remove Trump's name only if they were awarded one of the highly coveted casino licenses.
X user @LasVegasLocally shared photos of $25 dining and beverage vouchers, writing: 'MGM Resorts employees have been given stacks of "guest recovery vouchers" to hand to any hotel guest who complains about basically anything at all this weekend.'
'When you see things like that, you kind of say, 'Wow, they are really serious about coming in here and they are serious about being good neighbors to us,' Benedetto told the Times. 'So that certainly influences us in what we do.'
The hacker group said it had made 'multiple attempts' to contact MGM with ransom demands, but had received no response aside from an unidentified user lurking silently in the chatroom set up to conduct the negotiations.
Following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would scrap the contract with the Trump Organization, claiming that Trump's incitement of rioters gave the city legal authority to do so.
The deal appeared to mark a resolution in the city's battle to rid the course of its association with the former president, whose bold-faced name has for years greeted drivers passing the course on the Whitestone Bridge. That sign, the New York Times is reporting, is expected to be removed.
MGM's ongoing woes come after rival gaming giant Caesars Entertainment confirmed it had detected a breach last week -- but Caesars reportedly paid a ransom of roughly $15 million, and has avoided any customer-facing disruptions.
Ridiculous check in queues and casinos down¿ this is The Aria but seeing the same at many MGM resorts in Vegas. The MGM hack is causing chaos #mgm #mgmhack #mgmhacked #lasvegas pic.twitter.com/7pyw5ICCzs
Meanwhile, in a statement late Thursday, hackers claiming responsibility for the breach said they maintained access to 'some of MGM's infrastructure' and threatened 'additional attacks' if their ransom demands are not met.
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Attribution for the attacks remained ambiguous. A group called Scattered Spider has contacted journalists claiming responsibility for both breaches, while an affiliated gang known as ALPHV posted a lengthy statement contradicting those claims and saying it conducted the MGM attack.
Both breaches appear to have been initiated through 'social engineering' attacks, in which the hackers tricked human targets into handing over login credentials, such as by impersonating real employees in phone calls to support lines.
User @LasVegasLocally shared photos of $25 dining and beverage vouchers, writing: 'MGM Resorts employees have been given stacks of "guest recovery vouchers" to hand to any hotel guest who complains about basically anything at all this weekend.'
