HIT Group Begins Reopening Six Slovenian Casinos After Cyberattack Forces Multi-Day Closure
TL;DR — HIT Group reopened Slovenian casinos after a cyberattack on August 24-25 closed six properties for multiple days. Partial system restoration occurred by August 28 but left some gaming functions and the loyalty program offline. The operator disclosed neither the attack source nor any financial or data impact.
SCCG Take — The outage shows how cyber events create immediate revenue loss at physical casinos. Operators must treat IT infrastructure upgrades as a continuous operational requirement to limit downtime exposure.
HIT Group has begun reopening its Slovenian casinos after a cyberattack detected overnight on August 24–25 forced the closure of six properties.
The affected casinos were Perla, Park, Casino Drive-in, Mond, Korona, and Casino Fontana. Hotels stayed open with limited services. Cash registers went offline at the venues, and some customers received handwritten receipts. Hotel reception systems also faced disruptions.
As reported by Yogonet International, the operator launched a forensic investigation immediately. It notified government institutions and collaborated with external cybersecurity experts to restore operations. An August 28 update confirmed that systems had recovered sufficiently for reopening to start. Some gaming functions and the loyalty system stayed unavailable. Guests gained access only to slot-machine games during the initial phase.
Subsidiaries Casino Larix and HIT Alpinea continued normal operations throughout the incident. HIT has not disclosed the attack source, whether data was compromised, or the financial impact. Table games and bingo remained unavailable per the latest website notice.
Response and Recovery Efforts
The cyberattack produced a multi-day interruption to core land-based gaming. Swift coordination with specialists allowed partial restoration within days. Full functionality lagged, however, which limited revenue channels at the exact properties hit by the outage.
Future IT Infrastructure Focus
Sandi Bratasevec, chairman of Hit’s management board, said in a statement: “Maintaining and further strengthening our IT infrastructure and security will remain one of the company’s development priorities going forward.”
The commitment places sustained investment in security ahead of other development goals. Operators will track execution of that priority against the next test of system resilience.
Reporting: Yogonet International
Generated by SCCG’s automated editorial system from published source reporting. SCCG Management holds editorial responsibility.
Multi-day closures prove cyber resilience is now a brick-and-mortar operational necessity, not just an online problem.
We've watched cyber risk migrate from back-office nuisance to revenue killer. When cash registers go dark and you're writing receipts by hand, IT infrastructure stops being a tech discussion and becomes a business continuity crisis every operator must fund continuously.
- Six HIT casinos closed August 24–25; partial reopening by August 28 with slots only
- Loyalty systems, table games, bingo still offline; financial and data impact undisclosed
- Chairman commits IT security as ongoing development priority
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