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Sands: Hacking went further than email, websites

By Hannah Dreier
Published February 18, 2014 10:34pm ET
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Sands: Hacking went further than email, websites
FILE - In this April 5, 2013, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in Clark County district court in Las Vegas. A Nevada gambling regulator says the hackers who knocked down all Las Vegas Sands websites, Feb. 10, 2014, for two days and counting did not steal any patron data, including credit card information. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) | Julie Jacobson

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had previously known.

All of the Las Vegas-based company’s sites were down for six days after hackers posted images apparently condemning comments CEO Sheldon Adelson made about using nuclear weapons on Iran.

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