IHG Hotels & Resorts, the hotel group that owns the Holiday Inn and Intercontinental brands among numerous others, suffered a cyber attack on the first weekend of September that impacted its central hotel booking system and mobile apps.
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
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