Malware-Driven Card Breach at Hyatt Hotels
Summary: Hyatt Hotels Corporation said it discovered malicious software designed to steal credit card data on computers operating payment processing systems at Hyatt-managed locations, without disclosing how long the breach lasted or how many consumers were affected. As of September 30, 2015, Chicago-based Hyatt's portfolio included 627 properties in 52 countries, and the company joins Hilton, Starwood, Mandarin Oriental, White Lodging and the Trump Collection among hotel chains similarly breached in the past year.
What's compelling: Hyatt's notice gave no duration and no count of affected cards, so the 627 properties across 52 countries are the only scale the company offered. The breach also lands on a list of five other hotel chains hit in the same year, which is the pattern a security leader has to plan against rather than treat as a one-off.
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