Another POS hack in the hospitality industry. From their press release: Officials of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites which is independently owned by Today’s IV, Inc. and operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. under a license issued by Westin Hotel Management, L.P. announced that the hotel’s four restaurants—Lake View Bistro, Lobby Court Bar,…
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(update 2) Only Wyndham-branded hotels involved in three breaches
Yesterday, Robert McMillan provided more detail on the most recent Wyndham Hotel and Resort chain breach: Wyndham operates over 7,114 hotels worldwide, including Ramada, Days Inn and Super 8. Just how many hotels were hit by this latest attempt was unclear, however. Until today. The company just released a statement saying that 37 hotels were…
HOW many years of free credit alerts?
I don’t know if this is some kind of record, but the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is notifying people who were affected by the security breach reported in January that they can get an additional 7 years of fraud victim alerts on their credit reports at no charge. The story’s here. Does anyone remember…
Authorities bust 3 in infection of 13M computers (update 2)
Authorities have smashed one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs. The “botnet” of infected computers included PCs inside more than half of the Fortune 1,000 companies and more than 40 major banks, according to…
Rash of identity thefts hits Valley
David Bolling reports: A wave of identity theft has struck Sonoma with numerous local citizens falling victim to fraudulent bank charges. In the past week alone, at least nine Sonoma residents reported fraudulent charges billed to their bank accounts through bank card transactions they did not make. The charges were global in scope, occurring in…
National Theatre hack forces password reset
John Leyden reports: Some 17,000 culture vultures registered to the UK’s National Theatre website need to reset their passwords after the site was hacked. The 20 February attack hit systems storing the logins of 17,000 (or around three per cent) of the 500,000 plus registered with the site. Only email, password, name and contact information…