No Shangri-La for you: Top hotel chain confirms data leak

Hotel chain Shangri-La Group has admitted to its systems being attacked, and personal data describing guests accessed by unknown parties, over a timeframe that includes the dates on which a high-level international defence conference was staged at one of its Singapore properties. “Shangri-La Group recently discovered …

[Anonymous Coward]

And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!

I sense multiple tie ups to the Opium Wars.

[Pete 2]

Relax!

> Asia’s leading defense conference.

Almost certainly a coincidence. Why? Because the intrusion was detected.

I would expect any "state sponsored" hackers to be far more capable.

[MrBanana]

I got the email on Saturday notifying me of the leak. I use a distinct email with them, as yet it doesn't feel like my Shangri-La Golden Circle has been breached.

[Tom 38]

my Shangri-La Golden Circle has been breached

Is that included in the $10k/night suites?

[John Brown (no body)]

FWIW, the first page of normal and image search results on Google are very SFW. Mainly about the hotel breach. No, I'm not work so decided it was worth a punt in case there were some terms I need to know about :-)

[Pascal Monett]

"a sophisticated threat actor"

Yes, of course.

Because any hacker that can get through your defenses has to be sophisticated.

Yeah.

[that one in the corner]

Re: "a sophisticated threat actor"

"Exfiltrated" == "copied", with an entire box of Milk Tray on the pillow