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A top European hotel had to pay hackers in order to regain control over its electronic key system. According to The Local, hotel managers of Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, a 4-star hotel in Austria, decided to reveal the ordeal they went through, knowing that other hotels have been going through the same thing. Set up with a modern IT system, including key cards for hotel doors, something that’s widespread in the hotel industry, the hotel thought it offered guests everything they wanted. Until hackers hit. They explain that in the past few months, they’ve been hit by hackers who managed to break into the hotel’s electronic key system, locking hundreds of guests out of their rooms. The last attack took place on the first day of the winter season when they were completely booked, which left 180 people unable to enter their rooms. This was the third ti... ...