Hyatt Hotels Corporation

The Washington Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Hyatt Hotels Corporation on January 14, 2016. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to payment card data, occurred between August 13, 2015, and December 8, 2015, affecting 15 individuals. The breach was due to malware specifically designed to target payment card data.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9605

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/hyatt

"id": "hya550072525",
"linkid": "hyatt",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 15,
                        'industry': 'Hospitality',
                        'name': 'Hyatt Hotels Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 15,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Payment card data'},
 'date_detected': '2016-01-14',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-01-14',
 'description': 'The Washington Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Hyatt Hotels Corporation on January 14, '
                '2016. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to '
                'payment card data, occurred between August 13, 2015, and '
                'December 8, 2015, affecting 15 individuals. The breach was '
                'due to malware specifically designed to target payment card '
                'data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Payment card data',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-01-14',
                 'source': 'Washington Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Hyatt Hotels Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized access to payment card data'}