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March 29, 2024

Why Iranian hackers targeted Sheldon Adelson’s Sands Corp.

Republican Jewish Coalition holds a Spring Leadership Meeting

Steve Marcus

Sheldon Adelson, chairman of the board and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., listens to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the Republican Jewish Coalition Spring Leadership Meeting at the Venetian on Saturday, March 29, 2014.

Earlier this year, Iranian hackers did some damage to the Sands Corp., shutting down computers and servers, wiping hard drives, and bringing email and most phones to a halt, in response to political comments made by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson.

Bloomberg Businessweek reports that after some incendiary remarks Adelson made in public about how the United States should handle negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program, Iranian hackers began to look for weaknesses in the Sands' computer networks, first targeting the Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania in January, then attacking the Las Vegas computer networks in February.

The extent of the destruction wasn't evident on the outside as hotel keycards, slot machines and elevators were still running at the Venetian and Palazzo properties, however, the next day, the company's websites were vandalized.

Read more about it here.



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