Accommodation data of more than 100 million people leaked from the hotel in China is sold for about 6.3 million yen

by Soumil Kumar

It is clear that hackers who got about 130 million people staying from major hotel chains in China sell accommodation data on the dark web at a price of 8 BTC (about 6.3 million yen) became.

Data of 130 Million Chinese Hotel Chain Guests Sold on Dark Web Forum
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-of-130-million-chinese-hotel-chain-guests-sold-on-dark-web-forum/

Hackers sell data of 130 million Chinese hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/08/29/china-bitcoin-data-dark-web/

According to a hacker who sells accommodation data, it is said that lodging data leaked from " Huazhu Hotels Group Ltd ", a major Grand Hotel group in China. Established in 2005, Huazhu Hotels Group Ltd runs more than 3000 hotels in more than 350 cities in China and is the 12th largest hotel chain in the world.

Huazhu Hotels Group Ltd does not clarify why the staying data leaked. However, Zibao, a Chinese cyber security company, pointed out, "It is possible that Huazhu Hotels Group Ltd programmers uploaded copies of their databases carelessly to GitHub in early August 2018 I will .

The data sold is about 130 million guest data, and the name, address, date of birth, mobile phone number, e-mail address, credit card number, check-in time, check-out time, etc. are included in the data It seems to be included, the total amount of data will be 141.5 GB.

by Katy Levinson

The Chinese authorities are strengthening crackdown on the virtual currency, and in August 2018 it also takes measures such as " Block access to 124 virtual currency trading services accessible from China ". However, as hackers who sold accommodation data have requested payment at BTC, there seems to be no regulation going to the dark web accessed using VPN or Tor .