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Hotel chain downplays data breach

Following the headline grabbing news that hotel chain Best Western had been infiltrated and millions of its customers left exposed to possible ID theft following data thievery, the chain has since downplayed the incident.

Earlier in the week, the Sunday Herald newspaper reported that up to eight million people were at risk after a hacker broke into the IT system of the hotel group and stole personal details of the establishment's guests from the past 12 months.

However, the hotel chain has described the allegations as "grossly unsubstantiated" and "largely erroneous" even though it admits that a hacker compromised the network of one of its hotels, according to the Associated Press.

The hacker apparently infiltrated the network in a Berlin hotel leaving one of the computers installed with a data-stealing Trojan horse, which according to the hotel chain was limited to the hotel.

According to the hotel, only ten customers were affected by the breach and law enforcement officers are already investigating the matter.

The paper has maintained its grounds on the story.

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