Hotel WiFi across MENA compromised and exposing private data

The ease of access to guest data is a major cause for concern, cybersecurity experts say [File: Patrick Lux/Getty Images]

Pakistani cybersecurity researcher Etizaz Mohsin was in a hotel room in Qatar when he unexpectedly discovered a technical vulnerability in its internet system that exposed the private information of hundreds of hotels and millions of guests worldwide.

Mohsin told Al Jazeera he was “stunned” by what he uncovered late last year.