Hyatt data breach hit 250 hotels in 50 countries
Hyatt Hotels has revealed the scale of its recently reported data breach, with 250 locations hit by a malware infection.
Hyatt has completed the investigation of the data breach first reported in December and confirms payment card information was accessed from point of sales systems in various retail outlets.
The breach impacted locations in 50 countries between July 13 and December 8, 2015, and harvested customer credit card numbers, names, expiration dates and verification codes, the company said.
The list includes three UK properties – the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, Andaz London Liverpool Street, and the Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill.
“Protecting customer information is critically important to Hyatt, and we take the security of customer data very seriously,” said Hyatt global president of operations Chuck Floyd.
“We have been working tirelessly to complete our investigation, and we now have more complete information that we want to share so that customers can take steps to protect themselves.”
Hyatt has advised affected customers to monitor statements for any unauthorised transactions and is offering a free identity protection service.
The company says it has installed additional anti-fraud measures to prevent future attacks.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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