The Ransomware Threat Is Ever Increasing, and Hotels are Paying Huge Ransoms

Kelley R. Allen | November 17, 2020

By Kelley Allen No one is talking about it, but everybody knows.  It is the secret that is best left unspoken.  “Don’t tell anyone, we just got hacked.”  No access to our data.  Guest experience chaotic in just minutes.   Hotels and resorts are at risk like never before.  Just when you thought you had seen it all, an industry reeling from COVID, travel disruptions not seen in a hundred years, and now Cyberterrorists are striking.  These bad actors are successfully demanding and receiving huge ransoms.  We have heard of one recent case where the ransom paid was $500,000.  While this is truly substantial, it is only one par...