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The Intercontinental Exchange will pay a $10 million penalty to settle charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after failing to ensure its subsidiaries promptly reported an April 2021 VPN security breach. ICE is an American company listed on the Fortune 500 that owns and operates financial exchanges and clearing houses worldwide, including the New York Stock Exchange.

The IT systems of InterContinental Hotels Group, the massive hospitality organization that operates 17 hotel brands around the world, have been compromised, causing ongoing disruption to the corporation's online booking systems and other services. "We will be supporting hotel owners and operators as part of our response to the ongoing service disruption. IHG's hotels are still able to operate and to take reservations directly."

Leading hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Group PLC says its information technology systems have been disrupted since yesterday after its network was breached.IHG is a British multinational company that currently operates 6,028 hotels in more than 100 countries and has more than 1,800 in the development pipeline.