According to Best Western Hotels, it was not 8 Million customers affected, but only 10 customers.
One of the sources for the Sunday Herald story was Jacques Erasmus, a security professional at Prevx, a malware behavioral-monitoring company. Erasmus told ZDNet UK on Thursday that he had found out about the hack by monitoring an online credit card detail-trading forum, which he declined to name.
According to Erasmus, the forum is a trading network for Russian Business Network (RBN) users. The RBN is an alleged malware-hosting gang.
"What I found was on one of the top underground forums for the RBN trading network," said Erasmus. "There was an Indian hacker selling a log-in to (Best Western's) systems, with a screenshot, saying the log-in can get access to credit card numbers and card-verification codes."
Erasmus said it was unlikely that the hacker would have sold a log-in that would only have gained access to 10 people's details, as this would affect his standing in the criminal community.
"I've seen the kinds of deals this guy does; he's high-profile on the forum," said Erasmus. "The deals (he does) are for more than $10,000. I really don't know whether he would stake his reputation on the forum for 10 (customer's details)."
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Source: CNET News
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