Best Western rebuts claims of massive data breach (AP)

Best Western calls the article "grossly unsubstantiated" and "largely erroneous." The story said a hacker installed a malicious program on a computer used for reservations at a Best Western hotel , and used it to steal a database containing details on every customer who checked into one of Best Western's 1,312 European hotels since 2007.

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The hacker then sold the database through an " underground network operated by the Russian mafia," the story claimed. But Best Western claims the breach was limited to the one hotel and said the hacker didn't have access to other facilities' networks. Best Western said just 10 customers were affected, adding that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are investigating.

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