

The operator of the casino resort Marina Bay Sands in Singapore has been fined SGD 315,000 ($243,200) by the data privacy watchdog over a data breach two years ago that affected more than 665,000 customers. In October 2023, 665,495 Marina Bay Sands (MBS) patrons had their personal data “illegally accessed and exfiltrated by unknown threat actor(s)”, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) was quoted as saying by Channel News Asia on Tuesday. The leaked data was later found to be offered for sale on the dark web, the most popular casino-based conference and international event venue in the city-State, said that the breach involved the data of its ‘LifeStyle’ rewards programme members, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, as well as membership number and tier.