Hilton Hotels & Resorts

Hilton Hotels & Resorts

The credit card details of numerous customers were leaked after common point-of-sale registers in gift shops and restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotel was compromised.

Hilton hotel apologized to all the customers and investigated the incident with the data security team.

The hotel was also fined $700K for the breach.

Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/banks-card-breach-at-hilton-hotel-properties/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/hilton-hotels-and-resorts-brand

"id": "hil15823422",
"linkid": "hilton-hotels-and-resorts-brand",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Hotel',
                        'name': 'Hilton Hotels',
                        'type': 'Hospitality'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Point-of-Sale System',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Credit Card Details'},
 'description': 'The credit card details of numerous customers were leaked '
                'after common point-of-sale registers in gift shops and '
                'restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotels were '
                'compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Credit Card Details',
            'legal_liabilities': 'Fined $700K',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': 'Point-of-Sale Registers'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Point-of-Sale Registers'},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigated by data security team',
 'regulatory_compliance': {'fines_imposed': '$700K'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Apologized to customers'},
 'title': 'Hilton Hotel Credit Card Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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