Hotel Breach Week 5

After four weeks of blogging, there has been a data breach at a school, hospital, and a physician's office. No one is safe from attackers wanting personal and credit card information. Anyone is vulnerable from department, grocery, and even clothing stores.  This week the Hilton Hotel has been breached. 

The breach happened on April 21, 2015 and continued through July 25, 2015. This happened at Hilton and other Hilton owned properties such as Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Hampton Inn and Suites, and Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts. They have determined the breach didn't happen on their guest reservation system. “Rather, sources say the fraud seems to stem from compromised point-of-sale devices inside of franchised restaurants, coffee bars and gift shops within Hilton properties” (Krebs, 2015).

According to Visa’s policy they are not allowed to disclose who was breached. Since the name was not disclosed banks worked together and determined that the Hilton Hotels were breached. There are no other details as they are still investigating the breach.

When I started this blog I honestly thought that I might have some difficulty writing, but I’m amazed that there are so many breaches happening. Is this the same thing that happened to Target a year ago? Does Hilton take information security seriously? They say in the article that they do, but could this have been avoided? People were lucky that credit and debit cards were the only things that were taken. It is easier to close a credit card then have someone steal a social security number, address and birthdate.

References

Krebs, B. (2015, September 15). Krebs on Security. Retrieved October 2, 2015, from http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/banks-card-breach-at-hilton-hotel-properties/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: KrebsOnSecurity (Krebs on Security)