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Choice Hotels: 700,000 Guest Records Exposed
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 05:35:12 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/choice-hotels-700000-guest-records-exposed-a-12913 By Jeremy Kirk Bank Info Security August 14, 2019 Choice Hotels says about 700,000 guest records were exposed after one of its vendors copied data from its systems. Fraudsters discovered the unsecured database and tried to hold the hotel chain to ransom, which it ignored. Choice Hotels is one of the largest lodging franchisers, with 7,000 locations in 40 countries, including brands such as EconoLodge, Comfort Inn and Quality Inn. Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered the leak, according to the U.K.-based website Comparitech. The hotel company tells ISMG the ransom attempt was "not successful." The data was copied by the vendor, which was not identified, to its systems "without authorization," it says. Ironically, Choice Hotels says the data "was being hosted on their server to test a security offering." None of Choice Hotels' servers were impacted. [...] -- Subscribe to InfoSec News https://www.infosecnews.org/subscribe-to-infosec-news/ https://twitter.com/infosecnews_
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