Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms

Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by cooper12 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:06PM (#13512002)

A normal person would have some empathy for people locked in/out their rooms and held ransom. It could be especially dangerous if any of them have medical conditions. I doubt it was a laughing matter for them at the time. The only thing laughable is that hotel's security and setup,

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Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by cynwoody on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:33PM (#13512140)

If I were the jury, I'd be laughing my ass off. Then I'd have so much empathy that the guests would end up owning the hotel.

Hotel rooms that can't be opened from the inside should be strictly verboten!

Edit: That is, unless that part of the story is #clickbait, #fakenews.

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Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by mhluongo on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:09PM (#13512027)

Neither feeling need be mutually exclusive.

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Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by cooper12 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:14PM (#13512047)

Sure you can comment on the absurdity of it, but it's only funny at the expense of the victims.

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Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by throwawasiudy on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:09PM (#13512023)

it's not like emergency services will have any trouble getting into locked rooms. This was a giant inconvenience rather than any real danger.

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Re:Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms by cooper12 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:12PM (#13512040)

It would take them a while to get to every guest, and it would require them to break the doors. Not exactly a small inconvenience and likely to ruin many vacations.

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