Hello. Rental scooters, which are found in more than 100 U.S. cities, could expose rider data with little technical ability required. Researchers found they could control electric scooters’ lights and horns and track trip start and stop points in real time, WSJ Pro’s James Rundle reports, leading to concerns about physical danger and rider privacy.

Other news: Hotels embroiled in alleged insider data-theft case; Mexico’s economy ministry detects cyberattack; and a think tank quantifies the value of personal data.

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Researchers find gaps in dockless scooter security. Hackers can break into electric scooters with relative ease, allowing them to invade privacy, steal data and even take control of the vehicles, experts say.

Thousands of scooters belonging to Uber Technologies Inc., Bird Rides Inc. and others now zip around U.S. city streets. It’s big business: Boston Consulting Group Inc. estimates the dockless scooter market will be worth $50 billion by 2025. But providers have struggled with profitability, regulation and concerns over safety, and they have to deal with potential physical danger and privacy violations.

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Hilton’s Waldorf Beverly Hills used an insider to steal secrets from rival: lawsuit. The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is making a push to attract Middle Eastern royals and well-heeled celebrities. Now, a rival luxury hotel next door is alleging that the Waldorf stole corporate secrets and personal information about some of those VIP guests in an effort to win more of that business, The Wall Street Journal reports.

45,000 emails: The Peninsula Beverly Hills alleges that the Waldorf’s former general manager coordinated with a Peninsula employee who acted as a mole for 14 months, and that the employee stole more than 45,000 emails and other documents that included “proprietary information” about the travel preferences of “lucrative Middle Eastern clients,” according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the Peninsula’s owner in state court in Los Angeles. The Peninsula employee, Houssem Tasco, then left to take a similar position at the Beverly Hills Waldorf a few months before it opened in 2017, the complaint said. Mr. Tasco and his lawyer couldn’t be reached for comment.

Maneuvers: A spokesman for Hilton, which owns the Waldorf brands, said, “Multiple unsuccessful legal maneuvers and more than three years of discovery have not changed the underlying facts,” and added, “We believe the amended complaint is another example of the plaintiff mischaracterizing Hilton’s actions and intent.”

The value of data varies by geography, study says. Consumers in different countries quantify the worth of their personal data differently, Reuters reports, citing a study by the Technology Policy Institute, a U.S. think tank. Facebook users in the U.S., for example, would request $3.50 per month for the use of their information by the social-media giant. In Germany, Facebook users would ask for about $8. Theoretical prices also vary depending on the type of data. For banking information, the global monthly average would be $8.44, while access to an individual’s text message would cost $6.05.

Mexico’s economy ministry confirms cyberattack. The Mexican government said that it discovered on Feb. 23 that some of the ministry’s email and file servers were hit by hackers, Reuters reports. Sensitive data wasn’t compromised, the ministry said in a statement. The processing of some forms has been stopped while repairs are under way and operations will be reestablished gradually, the ministry said.

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