Rancho Mesquite Casino, Inc. dba Eureka Casino Hotel Data Breach
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Rancho Mesquite Casino, Inc., Rancho Mesquite Casino, LLC, or Eureka Casino Hotel, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.
On or about November 9, 2022, Rancho Mesquite Casino, Inc., Rancho Mesquite Casino, LLC, or Eureka Casino Hotel (“Eureka Casino”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) to individuals, including customers and employees of Eureka Casino and associated entities and properties (“victims”). The Breach Letter informed victims that their personally identifiable information (“PII”) was exposed when Eureka Casino claims it “experienced a cybersecurity incident during which some of our systems were encrypted by an authorized actor”(“data breach”).
According to the Breach Letter, hackers first gained access to Eureka Casino’s systems on November 9, 2022, and the intrusion lasted through November 13, 2022. The PII stolen by the hackers consisted of, including, but not limited to, names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers or debit/credit card numbers (in combination with security code, password, or PIN from the account).
Eureka Casino discovered the Data Breach on November 12, 2022. It sent Breach Letters to victims on or about December 9, 2022 and again on or about February 16, 2022. The Breach Letters urge victims to “remain vigilant by reviewing your credit report and account statements for any unauthorized activity.”
Eureka Casino operates hotels and casinos in Mesquite, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Seabrook, New Hampshire. It employs approximately 631 people, and it generates approximately $123 million per year in revenue. The data of over 229,299 individuals was compromised by this data breach. If you received a Breach Letter from Eureka Casino or any of its related entities, you were impacted by the data breach.
Eureka Casino has offered victims one year of Experian’s “Identity Works” Credit 3B, which is a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service.
WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?
According to Eureka Casino, the following information was exposed:
- Names
- Social Security numbers
- Financial account numbers or debit/credit card numbers (in combination with security code, password, or PIN from the account)
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.
The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Rancho Mesquite Casino, Inc., Rancho Mesquite Casino, LLC, or Eureka Casino Hotel, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.