Eight Shangri-La hotels in Asia hit by data breach, potentially exposing guest information
Source: CNA
Published on: 2022-10-01 17:03
SINGAPORE: Eight Shangri-La hotels in Asia, including Singapore and Hong Kong, were hit by a data breach, potentially exposing guest information such as names, email addresses and phone numbers. Cyber forensic experts were called in to investigate after the discovery of unauthorised activities on Shangri-La's IT network, said the hotel chain in an email to customers on Friday night (Sep 30). "The investigation revealed that between May and July 2022, a sophisticated threat actor managed to bypass Shangri-La's IT security monitoring systems undetected and illegally accessed the guest databases," said Mr Brian Yu, Shangri-La Group's senior vice president of operations and process transformation. The affected hotels are the Island Shangri-La, Kerry Hotel and Kowloon Shangri-La in Hong Kong, Singapore's Shangri-La Apartments and Shangri-La Singapore, Shangri-La Chiang Mai, Shangri-La Far ...
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