YouTube video shows details of Las Vegas Sands hacking

Las Vegas Review Journal – Someone claiming to be the hackers who knocked Las Vegas Sands Corp. off the Internet for nearly a week has posted an 11-minute video purporting to show stolen internal company information and taunting the international casino operator. The video was emailed to several media outlets and was posted to YouTube.com late Monday. However, YouTube removed the video from the website before 3 p.m. Tuesday, “as a violation of YouTube’s policy on depiction of harmful activities.” The video begins with images of news coverage of the hacking, which began on Feb. 11. A few minutes in,…

Sands websites restored a week after hacking

Las Vegas Sun – Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. has restored its websites a week after they were hacked. The Las Vegas-based company pulled down its sites Feb. 13 after hackers defaced them with images condemning comments CEO Sheldon Adelson had made about using nuclear weapons on Iran. Sands restored the websites Monday afternoon. The company first became aware of the hacking on Feb. 12, when company email went down, Sands spokesman Ron Reese said. The hacking affected Sands’ corporate website, as well as the sites for casinos in China, Singapore, Bethlehem, Pa., and the Italian-themed Venetian and Palazzo…