IHG cyber attack

[FishFood]

It has been confirmed by IHG in a stock market announcement that they have experienced a cyber attack.

Holiday Inn hit by cyber attack

InterContinental Hotels Group cyberattack disrupts booking systems

 

[docjames]

Well that would be why I couldn’t search hotels today…..

 

[SYD]

Keep an eye out for any funny account activity or future emails from IHG once they work out the extent of any data breach….

IHG Confirms The Reason For Prolonged “Website Maintenance” – HACK

IHG now confirms that the hack is a reason for its “scheduled maintenance,” which has been going on for two days.

loyaltylobby.com

 

[levelnine]

I'll certainly be updating my account password even though I use a password manager so there's no contagion risk.

 

[kerfuffle]

IHG Was Hacked Using Password “Qwerty1234”

IHG’s internal database was accessed using the password “Qwerty1234”.

loyaltylobby.com

Oh dear

 

[AIRwin]

Optus next:

Optus says customer information compromised in cyber attack

Optus is hit by a cyber attack that compromises customer information. Customers' names, dates of birth, phone numbers and email addresses have been exposed.

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