Security News > 2021 > December > Nordic Choice Hotels hit by Conti ransomware, no ransom demand yet
Nordic Choice Hotels has now confirmed a cyber attack on its systems from the Conti ransomware group.
Earlier this week, Nordic Choice Hotels group announced its IT systems were hit by a "Computer virus" on Thursday, December 2nd. The incident left the hotel staff without access to the hotel's reservation systems that manage check-in, check-out, payments, and bookings.
A subsequent blog post by the hospitality group confirmed the scope of the incident expands to Nordic Choice Club members, in addition to the current hotel guests.
At this time, the hotel group has "Chosen not to contact" the threat actors behind the attack, nor have they received a ransom demand from the Conti ransomware group.
BleepingComputer also did not come across the hotel group's name on Conti's data leak pages, indicating the ransomware attack is in early stages and negotiations may not have begun yet.
"Over the weekend, we have managed to put in place replacement solutions at most of our hotels. The work is now in full swing to get everyone back into normal operation, something we think will be done within the next few days," says Bjørn Arild Wisth, Deputy CEO at Nordic Choice Hotels.