http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/banks-card-breach-at-hilton-hotel-properties/
By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
Sept 25, 2015
Multiple sources in the banking industry say they have traced a pattern of
credit card fraud that suggests hackers have compromised point-of-sale
registers in gift shops and restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotel
and franchise properties across the United States. Hilton says it is
investigating the claims.
In August, Visa sent confidential alerts to numerous financial
institutions warning of a breach at a brick-and-mortar entity that is
known to have extended from April 21, 2015 to July 27, 2015. The alerts to
each bank included card numbers that were suspected of being compromised,
but per Visa policy those notifications did not name the breached entity.
However, sources at five different banks say they have now determined that
the common point-of-purchase for cards included in that alert had only one
commonality: They were all were used at Hilton properties, including the
company’s flagship Hilton locations as well as Embassy Suites, Doubletree,
Hampton Inn and Suites, and the upscale Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts.
In a written statement, a Hilton spokesperson said the company is
investigating the breach claims.
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