Cyberattack Causes Widespread Outage at Casino del Sol, AZ

January 27, 2025

INCIDENT

A February 21 cyberattack caused widespread system outage at The Casino del Sol in Tucson, Arizona. The attack disabled ATMs, credit card systems, Wi-Fi, TV, phones, and electronic door keys systems.

Fifteen days later, on March 7, Casino Del Sol posted an update saying “all restaurants and bars are now able to accept card payments. Food and Beverage vouchers are still unable to be processed at this time but rewards lost will be honored ta a later date.”

Phone lines are still down and new reservations still cannot be made, but all current bookings are being honored.

Incident Date

February 21, 2024

Estimated Cost

Shut down ops for 7 days, including elec. access to rooms and phones. Operational disruption continued for > 2 weeks.

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified