Security researchers discovered an unsecured database containing 700,000 records from hotel franchise Choice Hotels. The MongoDB database contained 5.6 million records.
The database was hosted on a vendor’s server. Exposed records included guests names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
The hackers left a ransom note saying that 700,000 records had been stolen and backed up elsewhere, demanding 0.4 Bitcoin, or about $3,856. However, they didn’t lock up the data, making the ransom demand moot.
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