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| Source |  Network World |
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| Identifiant | 301677 |
| Date de publication | 2017-01-29 07:31:00 (vue: 2017-01-29 07:31:00) |
| Titre | Ransomware locked hotel out of its electronic key lock system |
| Texte | A 4-star hotel in the Austrian Alps, the Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, admitted to bowing to extortion after ransomware locked up the computer running the hotel's electronic key lock system.This was not the first time that cyber thugs attacked the hotel. During one of the attacks, the hackers reportedly left a backdoor into the system.The third attack occurred during the opening weekend of the winter season. The computer hit with ransomware controlled the electronic key lock system, the reservation system and the cash desk system.Guests, who paid about nearly $300 a night for a room, could not open their rooms with their existing keycards; new keycards could not be programmed. Arriving guests couldn't have their reservations confirmed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here |
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| Condensat | $300 about admitted after alps arriving article attack attacked attacks austrian backdoor bowing cash click comment computer confirmed controlled could couldn cyber desk during electronic existing extortion first full guests hackers have here hit hotel its jaegerwirt key keycards keycards; leave left lock locked nearly new night not occurred one open opening out paid please programmed ransomware read reportedly reservation reservations romantik room rooms running season seehotel star system third thugs time weekend who winter |
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