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Over 10 million people who have stayed at MGM Resorts hotels – including Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and pop idol Justin Bieber – have had their personal details posted online by hackers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading MGM Resorts hacked: 10.6 million guests have their personal data exposed on hacking forum
Indonesian-based architectural studio Alexis Dornier has recently completed a tropical treehouse escape located in Penestanan, on the outskirts of Ubud, Bali. Dubbed Lift, the treetop boutique hideaway offers guests a unique experience to sleep amid th… Continue reading Bali architects adopt experimental design for treetop accommodation
The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn’t end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the awa… Continue reading Smashing Security #161: Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe
Choice Hotels has advised its customers to watch out for fraud after an extremely specific security lapse may have compromised their personal data. In a notice to customers, the hospitality franchise says the lapse requires numerous specific factors to… Continue reading Choice Hotels: If a + b + c = d, then oops, we might have leaked some Safari users’ personal info
A Japanese hotel chain has had to update its in-room robots, after a security researcher discovered they could be easily hacked to allow anyone access to their camera and microphone.
Continue reading Japanese hotel robots can be hacked to spy on guests in their bedrooms
Fraudsters launched an attack campaign that distributed phishing emails designed to target the hotel industry in North America. In summer 2019, researchers at 360 Security Center discovered that bad actors had sent attack emails to financial personnel … Continue reading Fraudsters Used Phishing Emails to Target Hotels in North America
Rooftop camping is a common topic here at New Atlas, but typically it’s focused on tents mounted atop motor vehicles. A new hotel opening this year in Hamburg, Germany is broadening the conversation, supplementing its standard rooms with a ro… Continue reading German hotel invites visitors to book a stay in a rooftop camping trailer
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu located at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, will be opening a hotel suite that features a flight simulator. The Superior Cockpit Room will be available for bookings from the Jul… Continue reading Japanese hotel fits suite with commercial flight simulator
Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen has finished the first of a charming cluster of cabins set amid a forest canopy in his homeland of Denmark. Located on a peninsula that juts out into the country’s longest fjord, the freshly opened Løvtag … Continue reading Quaint treetop cabins take Nordic minimalism up into the canopy
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed its design for a greenery-covered tower for the Tivoli amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. Assuming it goes ahead as planned, the H.C. Andersen Hotel project will also include … Continue reading BIG proposes greenery-packed fairytale tower for Copenhagen