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(TechCrunch saw a short video of the script generating booking reference numbers, but didn't verify any as logging in with someone else's booking reference would be unlawful).
Because Amadeus' system didn't limit how many requests could be processed at any given time, Rotem could run a script generating booking references at random, which he says were "simply guessed," then plug them into the vulnerable web address and wait for a positive response to return.
Looking for bookings under the name "Smith", for example, and using a thousand randomly generated booking codes, five came back with active bookings.
But Rotem said that inherent weaknesses in how reservation systems generate passenger name record numbers in the first place made it easy to brute-force any Amadeus-linked airline website with a hacker's own generated booking references.
It went live in January 2010 and claims to have generated bookings for over 500,000 nights so far, with 55,000 properties already listed in thousands of global destinations.
The service helps bring the long-tail of small hotels online to generate bookings whilst also ensuring (often absent) minimum standards for travelers, such as hot water, clean towels and linen and Wi-Fi.
Expedia executives declined to say how much more profit such packages generate than bookings for flights or hotel rooms separately.
It's main strategy is to develop into a network to geotarget ads, generate table bookings, affinity cards sales and mobile advertising.
That's right, cashing in on those local discounts and promotions just got a lot easier, as has the ability for the 500 or so participating restaurants to generate additional bookings.
So it might surprise you to learn that it's actually a massive market, with bookings generating over $85 billion annually — in the U.S and Europe alone.
