Monday, January 30, 2017

Hackers use ransomware to target hotel guests’ door locks


A bunch of hackers spoiled several travelers’ trip to the Alps last week when the group used ransomware to attempt to lock guests of the Romantik Seehotel Jägerwir luxury hotel out of their rooms by hijacking the central key management system. According to English-language European news outlet The Local, people staying at the Austrian hotel couldn’t use their key cards to enter their rooms; it was also not possible to program new key cards. The establishment’s reservation system and the cash desk system were also taken down by the hackers. All that for a ransom of just 1,500 EUR ($ 1,605) in Bitcoin. The…


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