http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T11:56:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Hacks http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/26/1660/69668 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bwlogo.png" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/24/203221/266/hotels/Hackers_Infiltrate_Best_Western_Europe_and_Sell_Guest_Info_to_Russian_Mafia">Yesterday</a> a news report said that the computer reservations system for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/best%20western%20hotels"><b>Best Western Europe</b></a> had been hacked and detailed guest information had been sold to the Russian mob.<p>While many guests probably had a sleepless night worrying that someone named Vlad or Tatiana was going to take over their lives, Best Western today issued a <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/statement-best-western-international/story.aspx?guid=%7BDC0141F6-85D0-468E-97DC-92BB3F54D1BB%7D&amp;dist=hppr">statement</a> that the initial hacking report is "largely erroneous."<blockquote><p> We can confirm that on August 21, 2008, three separate attempts were made via a single log-on ID to access the same data from a single hotel. The hotel in question is the 107-room <b>Best Western Hotel am Schloss Kopenick</b> in Berlin, Germany, where a Trojan horse virus was detected by juliana 2008-08-26T16:08:04-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/