Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted

Wynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was stolen from its servers, and is taking the hackers' word that they've since deleted it.

For anyone familiar with how extortion typically plays out, that's a bold leap of faith. However, Wynn appears satisfied enough to include the assurance in its first official statement since prolific cybercrime crew ShinyHunters claimed credit for the attack last week.

"We have learned that an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data," a Wynn Resorts spokesperson told The Register. "Upon discovery, we immediately activated our incident response protocols and launched a thorough investigation with the help of external cybersecurity experts.

"The unauthorized third party has stated that the stolen data has been deleted. We are monitoring and to date have not seen any evidence that the data has been published or otherwise misused."

As noted by Dray Agha, senior manager of security operations at ...