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Hotel ISP iBahn Denies Breach By Chinese Hackers

Posted by timothy on from the just-hired-new-typographers dept.

alphadogg writes "iBahn, a provider of internet services to some 3,000 hotels worldwide, denied on Thursday a news report that its network was breached by hackers. Bloomberg wrote that a highly skilled group of hackers based in China, which U.S. investigators have called 'Byzantine Foothold,' attacked iBahn, citing unnamed sources, including one U.S intelligence official. In a written statement, iBahn said it was aware of the allegations in the news report but it had 'not found proof of any breach on the iBahn network.'"

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  1. Posting's Title is Misleading by SoothingMist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'not found proof of any breach on the iBahn network' is not at all the same as saying that a breach did not take place.

  2. No proof != no proof by vikingpower · · Score: 2

    If iBahn finds no proof of a breach, the hackers were really good....

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  3. Re:Posting's Title is Pretty much spot on by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The post title is exactly what iBahn is claiming. The Iraqi information minister would be proud.

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  4. Re:Reminds me of the old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The more typical example is (in internet form form):

    Have you stopped beating your wife? (required)
    o Yes
    o No

  5. I'm not sure they would be able to tell... by jafo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had the pleasure of working with iBahn in the past at conferences. They don't have the sharpest techs I've dealt with. For example, I had a tcpdump of their DHCP server handing out a lease with the gateway in a different network*. Obviously, this didn't work... "Well, I can reboot all the APs for you..." Now, the APs weren't doing DHCP...

    So, iBahn is saying they "haven't found any breach"? I'm not convinced that their lack of finding it is an indication that it hasn't happened. I wonder what equipment they've rebooted trying to find it. :-)

    (* Details: the DHCP server handed out an address like 10.1.1.2 in a /24 network, and the gateway was 10.5.254.254. These are rough approximations, not the exact IPs, but give you an idea)

    1. Re:I'm not sure they would be able to tell... by mikael_j · · Score: 2

      You do realize his point was that it handed out an unreachable gateway, right?

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  6. The question is ... by fsckmnky · · Score: 2

    Is being "attacked" by {hacker group x} the same as being "breached" by {hacker group x} ?

    I think one can be attacked, and not be breached, if the attack was repelled successfully by whatever security measures were in place.

  7. Re:Posting's Title is Pretty much spot on by moderatorrater · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, it's not. iBahn is saying they have no proof that it happened and that they're investigating, which is all they can do. They're not denying a break in, they're giving the best information they can.