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Check-in terminals used by thousands of hotels leak guest info

Ariane Systems self check-in systems installed at thousands of hotels worldwide are vulnerable to a kiosk mode bypass flaw that could allow access to guests' personal information and the keys for other rooms.
- Bill Toulas
- June 05, 2024
- 04:43 PM
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Omni Hotels confirms cyberattack behind ongoing IT outage

Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed a cyberattack caused a nationwide IT outage that is still affecting its locations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2024
- 06:17 PM
- 1
Omni Hotels experiencing nationwide IT outage since Friday

Omni Hotels & Resorts has been experiencing a chain-wide outage that brought down its IT systems on Friday, impacting reservation, hotel room door lock, and point-of-sale (POS) systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 02, 2024
- 03:59 PM
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Unsaflok flaw can let hackers unlock millions of hotel doors

Security vulnerabilities in over 3 million Saflok electronic RFID locks deployed in 13,000 hotels and homes worldwide allowed researchers to easily unlock any door in a hotel by forging a pair of keycards.
- Bill Toulas
- March 21, 2024
- 02:14 PM
- 0
Marina Bay Sands discloses data breach impacting 665,000 customers

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) luxury resort and casino in Singapore has disclosed a data breach that impacts personal data of 665,000 customers.
- Bill Toulas
- November 07, 2023
- 09:37 AM
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Motel One discloses data breach following ransomware attack

The Motel One Group has announced that it has been targeted by ransomware actors who managed to steal some customer data, including the details of 150 credit cards.
- Bill Toulas
- October 02, 2023
- 11:10 AM
- 0
Play ransomware claims attack on German hotel chain H-Hotels

The Play ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on H-Hotels (h-hotels.com) that has resulted in communication outages for the company.
- Bill Toulas
- December 19, 2022
- 04:40 PM
- 1
InterContinental Hotels Group cyberattack disrupts booking systems

Leading hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (also known as IHG Hotels & Resorts) says its information technology (IT) systems have been disrupted since yesterday after its network was breached.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 06, 2022
- 01:11 PM
- 0
Hackers target hotel and travel companies with fake reservations

A hacker tracked as TA558 has upped their activity this year, running phishing campaigns that target multiple hotels and firms in the hospitality and travel space.
- Bill Toulas
- August 21, 2022
- 10:12 AM
- 0
Marriott confirms another data breach after hotel got hacked

Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed this week that it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor managed to breach one of its properties and steal 20 GB worth of files.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 06, 2022
- 12:52 PM
- 1
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DarkHotel hacking campaign targets luxury Macao resorts

The South Korean DarkHotel hacking group has been spotted in a new campaign spanning December 2021 through January 2022, targeting luxury hotels in Macao, China.
- Bill Toulas
- March 18, 2022
- 10:51 AM
- 0
McMenamins breweries hit by a Conti ransomware attack

Portland brewery and hotel chain McMenamins suffered a Conti ransomware attack over the weekend that disrupted the company's operations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 16, 2021
- 03:48 PM
- 0
Nordic Choice Hotels hit by Conti ransomware, no ransom demand yet

Nordic Choice Hotels has now confirmed a cyber attack on its systems from the Conti ransomware group. Although there is no indication of card or payment information being affected, information pertaining to guest bookings was potentially leaked.
- Ax Sharma
- December 07, 2021
- 02:39 AM
- 0
WireX DDoS botnet admin charged for attacking hotel chain

The US Department of Justice charged the admin of the WireX Android botnet for targeting an American multinational hotel chain in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 30, 2021
- 09:14 AM
- 0
Hacking group used ProxyLogon exploits to breach hotels worldwide

A newly discovered cyberespionage group has been targeting hotels worldwide around the world since at least 2019, as well as higher-profile targets such as governments, international organizations, law firms, and engineering companies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 23, 2021
- 03:50 PM
- 0
WastedLocker ransomware hits Boyne Resorts ski resort operator

US-based ski and golf resort operator Boyne Resorts has suffered a cyberattack by the WastedLocker operation that has impacted company-wide reservation systems.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 23, 2020
- 04:14 PM
- 0
Hackers Share Stolen MGM Resorts Guest Database with 10M+ Records

An archive with over 10 million records of guests at the MGM Resorts hotels is currently distributed for free on a hacking forum.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 20, 2020
- 10:51 AM
- 0
Hackers Target the North American Hotel Industry With a RAT

A malspam campaign was spotted by security researchers that was targeting the financial staff of multiple entities from the North American hotel industry, using malicious attachments to drop the NetWiredRC Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on unsuspecting victims.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 13, 2019
- 01:34 PM
- 0
Data of 130 Million Chinese Hotel Chain Guests Sold on Dark Web Forum

A hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin ($56,000) on a Chinese Dark Web forum.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28, 2018
- 07:00 PM
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