Top Las Vegas hotel is the latest ShinyHunters ransomware victim - hackers demand $1.5 million to not leak data

• ShinyHunters claim breach of Wynn Resorts, leaking 800,000 employee records
• Group demands 23.34 Bitcoin (~$1.55m) to delete stolen data
• Access allegedly gained via Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability using employee credentials

The infamous ransomware operators ShinyHunters seem to have hit yet another Las Vegas hotel and casino giant, as after Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts (which were struck in September 2023), the group has now apparently Wynn Resorts.

The group recently added Wynn to its data leak website, saying it had obtained more than 800,000 records, and shared a small sample to prove the authenticity of its claims - giving Wynn a deadline of February 23 2026 to either pay up, or see the data leaked onto the dark web.

The hackers is asking for 23.34 Bitcoin, equaling roughly $1.55 million, in exchange for deleting the data, which it says is the ...