Hotels in hackers' sights as technology replaces personal touch | Financial Times - 1 views
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Hotels and hospitality businesses are now the third most targeted by cyber attackers of all industry sectors.
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they have become a rich mine of data for hackers with nefarious intentions.
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Hackers see international hotel chains, which process a huge volume of transactions, as easy pickings
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This article explains how and why hotels went from being in the bottom 13% to the top 3 most targeted industry for cyber attacks. It talks about how the implementation of technology to handle customer date has made the industry vulnerable and also how corporations are battling the issue by using separate third party companies to store data and handle credit card information.