HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA SAVED? Posted 31 Dec 2011 05:26:24 UTC Possibly. In a story that all of us seem to have missed a couple of weeks ago (possibly because it was in the New York Post), Vornado Realty Trust is having second thoughts about tearing down the Hotel Penn (home of…
Hacker cuffed in job interview sting with hotel he blackmailed
A job-seeking Hungarian hacker has pleaded guilty to breaking into the systems of the Marriott hotel chain before attempting to blackmail his way into an IT job. Attila Nemeth, 26, sent Trojan-infected emails to Marriott employees late last year, according to his plea agreement, in a move that successfully allowed…
Marriott hotel chain hacked by disgruntled job seeker
A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company’s computers, the Department of Justice said. Attila Nemeth, 26, pleaded guilty in a US court,…