Brief: Golden Entertainment, Inc. Announces Data Security Incident

Golden Entertainment

01/02/2020 03:36

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Golden Entertainment Inc  GDEN.O :
    * GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. ANNOUNCES DATA SECURITY
INCIDENT
    * CO IS NOTIFYING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO
SOME OF CO'S EMPLOYEES' EMAIL ACCOUNTS THAT CO RECENTLY
ADDRESSED
    * CO'S INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL
OBTAINED ACCESS TO SOME EMPLOYEES' EMAIL ACCOUNTS.
    * CO IMMEDIATELY TOOK STEPS TO SECURE EMAIL ACCOUNTS,
LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION, AND A CYBERSECURITY FIRM WAS ENGAGED TO ASSIST
    * FINDINGS INDICATE UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL OBTAINED ACCESS
TO
EMAIL ACCOUNTS AT VARIOUS TIMES BETWEEN MAY 30 & OCT 6 2019
    * INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH EMAILS OR
ATTACHMENTS, IF ANY, WERE ACCESSED BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
    * CO CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EMAILS AND
ATTACHMENTS IN
EMPLOYEES' EMAIL ACCOUNTS
    * ON OCT 8 2019 & JAN 3 2020, DETERMINED EMAIL ACCOUNTS
CONTAINED
PERSONAL INFORMATION OF SOME CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, AND VENDORS
    * TO DATE, CO HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY INFORMATION HAS BEEN
MISUSED

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