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A U.S. appeals court said the FTC has authority to regulate corporate cybersecurity.
 

Hilton Worldwide introduced a mobile app that lets guests use their smartphone as a room key.

 US organizations with less than 500 employees experienced a median loss of $280,000 per year due to employee theft across a wide range of industries  

Since it began operating in 2006 as Pennsylvania’s first slots casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has offered a little bit of everything. Spread across 300,000 square feet, the 24-hour gaming and entertainment complex boasts 2,500 slot machines, electronic blackjack and roulette and live harness racing, along with upscale restaurants, a food court and an expansive shopping area.

Hotel chain Marriott has requested the Federal Communications Commission to allow the full implementation of blocking hotel guests’ personal Wi-Fi and Mi-Fi devices around its premises, especially conference and meeting rooms. Marriott says that the request is based on security concerns, stating that guests can use their hotspot-enabled devices to compromise the hotel’s network or to commit a data breach involving other guests.

Hilton announced an initiative that will let guests access their rooms using their smartphones instead of key cards.

The lessons learned following the Boston Marathon bombings were many, but one lesson that was learned rather quickly was that Twitter was going to become the go-to platform for gathering timely and accurate information from city, state and federal officials regarding the rapidly unfolding events of that week.

Hackers breached the websites of all Las Vegas Sands Corp. websites.