{"id":303224,"date":"2023-12-14T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=303224"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T03:34:43","slug":"rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over August Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack that resulted in thousands of individuals having their data seized.<\/p>\n

\"Rivers
Anyone who has recently visited Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois would be smart to check their free credit report after the casino said it was the victim of a cyberattack. The incident resulted in personally identifiable information being accessed. (Image: Imgur)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filed in Illinois’ Northern District federal court, attorneys representing the class plaintiffs, including over 100 individuals, allege negligence on the casino’s behalf for failing to secure its IT network properly. The lawsuit seeks damages, restitution, and injunctive relief for the class.<\/p>\n

\n

Rivers was the victim of a cyberattack that casino reps said occurred around August 12<\/a>. The incident, however, was only uncovered in early November. Rush Street Gaming, the Chicago-based parent company of the casino<\/a>, said employee and patron names and their sensitive information, including Social Security and passport numbers, were compromised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lead plaintiff Michael Glebiv claims his information was part of their seizure. He says he wouldn’t have patronized Rivers Casino Des Plaines and entrusted his personal information with the business “had he known that Rivers Casino would fail to maintain adequate data security.”<\/p>\n

Cyberattack Details<\/b><\/h2>\n

Rivers Casino Des Plaines suffered an unauthorized entry of its IT network in what appears to be a similar incident to the cyberattacks levied recently<\/a> against MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. An international group of hackers identified as Scattered Spider<\/a> took credit for the MGM and Caesars onslaughts.<\/p>\n

The Rivers cyberattack didn’t disrupt operations, as the casino operated normally on August 12 and the surrounding days. A cybersecurity firm investigating the breach doesn’t believe credit card information was stolen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the lawsuit contends that hackers obtaining personal information<\/a> like tax identification numbers and government IDs pose significant theft risks for the impacted workers and customers.<\/p>\n

\n

Data thieves regularly target companies like Defendant’s due to the highly sensitive information that they custody. Defendant knew and understood that unprotected personal identifiable information is valuable and highly sought after by criminal parties who seek to illegally monetize that PII through unauthorized access,” the lawsuit contends. “The ramifications of Defendant’s failure to keep secure the PII of Plaintiff and Class Members are long-lasting and severe. Once PII is stolen — particularly Social Security numbers — fraudulent use of that information and damage to victims may continue for years.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The class-action suit includes five counts, including negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, and Illinois Consumer Fraud Act violation.<\/p>\n

Rivers Denies Responsibility<\/b><\/h2>\n

Rush Street Gaming hasn’t yet filed its legal response to the allegations made in the class-action lawsuit. Still, the company said in announcing the data breach last month that it “utilizes robust security protocols” and took immediate steps to “contain the threat and secure our systems” upon detection of the incident.<\/p>\n

\n

Rush maintains “no indication of financial fraud or identity theft related to this incident.” The casino offers complimentary identity monitoring and protection services for those the data breach might have impacted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The casino assists the impacted class with placing a Fraud Alert and Security Freeze on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports. The casino has also set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line for questions about the incident at 866-983-3108.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit has been filed against Rivers Casino Des Plaines for not better protecting its IT network from cybercriminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":303240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[83996,84235,84326,82228,82103,81928,84325,84656],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-14T15:58:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T03:34:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Devin O'Connor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CasinoorgDevinO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Devin O'Connor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/\",\"name\":\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-14T15:58:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-16T03:34:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf\"},\"description\":\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Anyone who has recently visited Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois would be smart to check their free credit report after the casino said it was the victim of a cyberattack. The incident resulted in personal identifiable information being accessed. (Image: Imgur)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime & Scandals\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over August Data Breach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf\",\"name\":\"Devin O'Connor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Devin O'Connor\"},\"description\":\"Devin O'Connor is a senior reporter for Casino.org, covering politics, casino business, entertainment and gaming news on the East Coast. Devin's passion for politics and background in the world of pop culture television gives him insight into the gaming industry backstories that often drive news these days. After graduating from Penn State University with a theater arts degree, he worked at MTV Networks\/Viacom from 2005 to 2010 as a writer and producer. His credits included Total Request Live, New Year's Eve specials, and a special featuring poker superstar Daniel Negreanu. He later moved on to the HGTV\/DIY Network, where he created, wrote, and produced three series specials: That's So House Hunters, That's So 80s, and That's So 90s. Devin came on board with Casino.org in 2014. He lives in Pennsylvania and is an avid marathoner, having completed 15 races. Contact Devin at devin.oconnor@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/devinoconnor\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/CasinoorgDevinO\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/devin-oconnor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach","description":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach","og_description":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2023-12-14T15:58:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-16T03:34:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Devin O'Connor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CasinoorgDevinO","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Devin O'Connor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/","name":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Breach","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-14T15:58:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-16T03:34:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf"},"description":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit for its role in an August cyberattack.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/o9vZALg.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Anyone who has recently visited Rivers Casino Des Plaines in Illinois would be smart to check their free credit report after the casino said it was the victim of a cyberattack. The incident resulted in personal identifiable information being accessed. (Image: Imgur)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-des-plaines-hit-lawsuit-over-august-data-breach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime & Scandals","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rivers Casino Des Plaines Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over August Data Breach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf","name":"Devin O'Connor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png","caption":"Devin O'Connor"},"description":"Devin O'Connor is a senior reporter for Casino.org, covering politics, casino business, entertainment and gaming news on the East Coast. Devin's passion for politics and background in the world of pop culture television gives him insight into the gaming industry backstories that often drive news these days. After graduating from Penn State University with a theater arts degree, he worked at MTV Networks\/Viacom from 2005 to 2010 as a writer and producer. His credits included Total Request Live, New Year's Eve specials, and a special featuring poker superstar Daniel Negreanu. He later moved on to the HGTV\/DIY Network, where he created, wrote, and produced three series specials: That's So House Hunters, That's So 80s, and That's So 90s. Devin came on board with Casino.org in 2014. He lives in Pennsylvania and is an avid marathoner, having completed 15 races. Contact Devin at devin.oconnor@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/devinoconnor\/","https:\/\/x.com\/CasinoorgDevinO"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/devin-oconnor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303551,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303224\/revisions\/303551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}