Was Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG) hit by ransomware?

Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG) was listed by the safepay ransomware operation as a victim being extorted; data had not been published at the time of listing. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the safepay ransomware group?

safepay is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

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Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG)

Claimed by Safepay · listed 4 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

ListedOct 4, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group: Safepay
Status: Listed for ransom
Sector: Hospitality
Listed on leak site: Oct 4, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Holiday Inn Hotel is an independent property operating under the international Holiday Inn brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts. The hotel provides 134 guest rooms.

Industry: Hospitality

Attack summary

Severity: low — Post contains only a listing/announcement with no operational impact details, no confirmed data exfiltration, no proof files, and no specific attack claims tied to this victim.

SafePay claims to have targeted the Holiday Inn Hotel property. No specific attack details, data exfiltration claims, or encryption confirmation are stated in the leak post.

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What the group claims

The property operates under the international Holiday Inn brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts. The hotel provides 134 guest rooms.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

# SafePay ransomware has never provided and does not provide the RaaS
The group provides a broad range of construction and infrastructure services to public and private clients in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, neighboring … 
The company was established in 2015 and operates primarily in the wholesale and retail market for electrical household appliances. Its … 
The company focuses on designing technical systems for industrial customers, combining engineering expertise with process optimization, automation and energy-efficient production … 
The company's registered business activities include thermal treatment of metals, organic and electrolytic coatings, and the manufacture and commercialization of … 
The company is headquartered in Samut Prakan Province and has more than five decades of experience in the surface-finishing industry. … 
The official website, manno.ch, provides residents, businesses and visitors with information about municipal administration, public services, local regulations, infrastructure, cultural … 
The property operates under the international Holiday Inn brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts. The hotel provides 134 guest rooms, … 
The group is headquartered in Deve…

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG)

Sources

Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion

Source

Indexed 4 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 853 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post October 4, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 4, 2026Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG) listed by safepay on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by safepay

safepay has been linked to 853 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Hospitality sector, which has 106 disclosures indexed across all operators we track.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by safepay means Holiday Inn Hotel (IHG) appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on safepay's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.