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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group, has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber attack. IHG, which has some of the world\u2019s largest hotel chains, issued a statement saying it was investigating \u201cunauthorised access\u201d to a number of its technology systems.<\/p>\n

The UK-based company, which manages the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Regent hotels, said its \u201cbooking channels and other applications\u201d had been disrupted since Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIHG is working to fully restore all systems as soon as possible,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

IHG confirmed it was assessing the nature, extent and impact of the incident and had implemented its response plans including appointing external specialists to investigate the breach.<\/p>\n

The company is also in the process of notifying regulatory authorities. In a statement, the company said: \u201cWe will be supporting hotel owners and operators as part of our response to the ongoing service disruption.<\/p>\n

IHG\u2019s hotels are still able to operate and to take reservations directly. \u201d But many people trying to book accommodation have been complaining. What is going on with your system? For at least 19hrs.<\/p>\n

Phones and apps not working- afraid to book anything. No customer service at all IHG didn\u2019t say there had been any loss of customer data. It also did not specifically say it was a ransomware attack, but most of the speculation points in that direction.<\/p>\n

Last month, a Holiday Inn in Istanbul was breached by LockBit who released data stolen from the company. It is not known if there is a connection between the attacks. The hotel chain was also the target of a three-month security breach in 2017 when more than 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the US were impacted.<\/p>\n

The hack comes amid increased scrutiny on appropriate defences against cyber attacks, particularly on western financial institutions, in the wake of heightened geopolitical tensions following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine early this year.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group, has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber attack. IHG, which has some of the world\u2019s largest hotel chains, issued a statement saying it was investigating \u201cunauthorised access\u201d to a number of its technology systems. 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