Trump Hotel chain investigates potential payment card breach
Credit card hackers are said to have targeted a number of hotels, possibly as far back as February 2015.
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Sally Beauty confirms second payment card breach
/in Computer SecuritySally Beauty Holdings has confirmed that hackers broke into its payment systems and stole customer card data. About a year ago the retail chain suffered a similar intrusion.
The company launched an investigation in early May after receiving reports of unusual activity involving payment cards used at some of its stores. While it now has sufficient evidence to confirm an illegal intrusion, the company declined to comment on the breach’s scope until the forensics investigation is complete.
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Mandarin Oriental removes malware after payment card breach
/in Computer SecurityLuxury hotelier Mandarin Oriental has removed malicious software that was used to steal credit card data from some of its hotels in the U.S. and Europe, the company said Thursday.
The security codes for the cards were not compromised, it said, although it wasn’t clear if that referred to the cards’ PIN (personal identification number) or the three-digit CVV code on the back. No other personal information was taken, the company said in a statement.
An investigation is underway by law enforcement and forensic specialists. An “isolated number of hotels in the U.S. and Europe were affected,” but none in Asia, the company said.
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Anthem hack: Personal data stolen sells for 10X price of stolen credit card numbers
/in Mobile SecurityThe hackers who stole personal data from health insurer Anthem stand to make a whole lot more than the ones who stole 56 million credit and debit card numbers from Home Depot because the potential payback per identity is so much greater.
“Compared to credit card information, personally identifiable information and Social Security numbers are worth more than 10x in price on the black market,” says Martin Walter, senior director at RedSeal.
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