The chain, run by Intercontinental Hotel Group, said their online services were facing disruptions.
It also did not specifically say it was a ransomware attack, but most of the speculation points in that direction.
Last month, a Holiday Inn in Istanbul was breached by LockBit who released data stolen from the company.The hotel chain was also the target of awhen more than 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the US were impacted. The hack comes amid increased scrutiny on appropriate defences against cyber attacks, particularly on western financial institutions, in the wake of heightened geopolitical tensions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine early this year.
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