Top Japanese hotel brand reveals cyber attack – Washington hotels hit by ransom

• Washington Hotel hit by ransomware on February 13 confirmed unauthorized access to business data
• Customer information from “Washington Net” membership system stored externally, not yet confirmed as compromised
• PoS issues reported but no major disruptions; investigation ongoing, attackers unidentified, no data leaked to you

Japanese hotel chain The Washington Hotel was hit by ransomware earlier this month and is currently investigating the attack.

In a statement on its website, the company said it discovered the intrusion late on February 13 and moved quickly to cut off the attackers’ access and prevent further damage. A day later, an internal task force was set up and both the police and external cyber security experts were notified.