Casinos are now reaching out to Congress for help in keeping cyber security safe.

In a letter sent to Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, the American Gaming Association (AGA) urged the passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA), which would protect gaming facilities from cyber attacks by encouraging businesses to share information about threats they know about while ensuring privacy is upheld.

Several groups such as American Hotel Lodging Association; American Resort Development Association; Building Owners and Managers Association International; International Council of Shopping Centers; NAIOP, the Commercial Building Development Association; National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; National Apartment Association; National Multifamily Housing Council; and the Real Estate Roundtable have also signed the letter.

Multiple casinos have been hit by cyber attacks in the couple of years. In February 2014, Iranian hackers shut down Las Vegas Sands’ website, wiping hard drives clean and stealing some customers’ social security and driver’s license numbers in the process.