[EXPIRED] Crowne Plaza Venice East Quarto D Altino 1€
#138
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It doesn't seem like a typical hack.
No, perhaps there was some sort of disgruntled former employee who had access to the hotel's reservation system who did something, but, outside of that, this looks like a hotel error.
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Does it not seem a bit unlikely that a hacker with the capability to hack into ICHG system would choose to make this price for some obscure hotel on the outskirts of Venice? And not several hotels, perhaps of higher cost?
I think this might be the manager or someone trying to cover their own buttocks.
I think this might be the manager or someone trying to cover their own buttocks.
I can bet they offered money or free stays to both the journalists in order to popularize this thesis...
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Fully agree.... and in my opinion this is the reason the management of the Crowne Plaza Venice East, with the support of IHG HQ, is using two local newspaper (the only within their reach) to circulate the news about the hacker attack.
I can bet they offered money or free stays to both the journalists in order to popularize this thesis...
I can bet they offered money or free stays to both the journalists in order to popularize this thesis...
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I suppose if a hacker really exists then IHG will be starting a lawsuit. Afterall I'm sure they are insured against hackers. Of course it would look bad for them to start a lawsuit and have Police come in and find out that it was in fact a fat finger of a disgruntled employee.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
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Do I hear 100 Million Dollars?
Hacker, schmacker. Just a lame excuse for a fat fingered data entry operator. If I was picking a hotel to get a super rate with, I would pick something quite a bit better. Maybe the IC in HKG, SIN, or somewhere interesting in Europe.
This will at least, provide entertainment for quite some time.
If we were to take this "hacker" theory seriously, then we would of course have to be worried about all our credit card information. Seems like IHG would have to provide credit card monitoring free for a few years to each member who had their credit card info online. Sounds like 100 million dollars to me.
This will at least, provide entertainment for quite some time.
If we were to take this "hacker" theory seriously, then we would of course have to be worried about all our credit card information. Seems like IHG would have to provide credit card monitoring free for a few years to each member who had their credit card info online. Sounds like 100 million dollars to me.
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I suppose if a hacker really exists then IHG will be starting a lawsuit. Afterall I'm sure they are insured against hackers. Of course it would look bad for them to start a lawsuit and have Police come in and find out that it was in fact a fat finger of a disgruntled employee.
A disguntled ex-employee would likely be covered by the carrier. Of course IHG would actually have to file a claim and assist in its investigation.
What isn't going to be clear is what the actual damages are. An insurance carrier might argue contractually that the true incremental cost of the almost free rooms are a fraction of the rack rate.
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I suppose if a hacker really exists then IHG will be starting a lawsuit. Afterall I'm sure they are insured against hackers. Of course it would look bad for them to start a lawsuit and have Police come in and find out that it was in fact a fat finger of a disgruntled employee.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
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I suppose if a hacker really exists then IHG will be starting a lawsuit. Afterall I'm sure they are insured against hackers. Of course it would look bad for them to start a lawsuit and have Police come in and find out that it was in fact a fat finger of a disgruntled employee.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
I sense that this could get very interesting.
I think we're getting fixated on the word "hacker." I think that the paper used that word for sensationalist purposes.
I bet the manager said someone went in and changed it (meaning revenue management in Atlanta or something). The paper interpreted it as a break-in, which it wasn't.
Remember papers are often inaccurate.
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http://www.ilgazzettino.it/articolo_...npl=&desc_sez=
http://ricerca.quotidianiespresso.it...ova+di+Venezia
IHG press office yesterday spread the news that this 0.01 offer in not a mistake of somedoby of their staff, but an act of an hacker who in the night between sunday and monday (late afternoon in US) entered a fake promotion.
Appears that the hotel had more than 5000 bookings (many of them for groups of several rooms!) in two hours.
In my opinion this is totally false and IHG is trying to protect itself against proper claims for prepaid and confirmed rooms, and for this reason issued a press release regarding hacker attak.
http://ricerca.quotidianiespresso.it...ova+di+Venezia
IHG press office yesterday spread the news that this 0.01 offer in not a mistake of somedoby of their staff, but an act of an hacker who in the night between sunday and monday (late afternoon in US) entered a fake promotion.
Appears that the hotel had more than 5000 bookings (many of them for groups of several rooms!) in two hours.
In my opinion this is totally false and IHG is trying to protect itself against proper claims for prepaid and confirmed rooms, and for this reason issued a press release regarding hacker attak.
Hate how the hotel shamelessly gives themselves a plug of being one of the most luxurious inland hotels at the same time in the article. Never heard of them before, but their response seems well, immature at best.
Last edited by idealflyer; Aug 13, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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Hacker or not hacker?
Today the news about the hacker attack appears on the most important italian newspapers... unfortunately at the moment nobody from IHG or local hotel management is able to demonstrate is really an hacker attack.
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According to the initial newspaper(not a reliable one), the hacker attacked the central reservation system based in Atlanta, GA, right?
Do we have any news in USA?
It should be a big news if central hotel/airline reservations in US based mainframe are attacked by hackers.
Do we have any news in USA?
It should be a big news if central hotel/airline reservations in US based mainframe are attacked by hackers.