Security: A Happy Illusion Like Free Chocolate Chip Cookies at a Hotel Desk

November 12, 2020

Hotels.com, Expedia Provider Exposed Data for Millions of Guests” contains a couple of interesting statements.

  • A company called Prestige Software provides the hotel reservation systems for Hotels.com, Booking.com, and Expedia.com.
  • Data for bookings were stored on Amazon AWS S3. The system contained credit card data for millions of people.

The article points out that the incident “does illustrate the dangers of a heavy reliance on third party providers for platforms.”

The article does not ask the question, “Prestige Software, what’s your approach to AWS S3 security?”

Stephen E Arnold, November 12, 2020

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