Holiday Inn breach

December 28, 2016

Holiday Inn Parent IHG Probes Breach Claims

This post was originally published on this siteInterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the parent company for more than 5,000 hotels worldwide including Holiday Inn, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some U.S. locations. An Intercontinental hotel in New York City. Photo: IHG. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity began hearing from sources who work in fraud prevention at different financial institutions. Those sources said they were seeing a pattern of fraud on customer credit and debit cards that suggested a breach at some IHG properties — particularly Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express locations. Asked about the fraud […]
April 18, 2017

InterContinental Hotel Chain Breach Expands

This post was originally published on this siteIn December 2016, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that fraud experts at various banks were seeing a pattern suggesting a widespread credit card breach across some 5,000 hotels worldwide owned by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). In February, IHG acknowledged a breach but said it appeared to involve only a dozen properties. Now, IHG has released data showing that cash registers at more than 1,000 of its properties were compromised with malicious software designed to siphon customer debit and credit card data. An Intercontinental hotel in New York City. Headquartered in Denham, U.K., IHG operates more than 5,000 […]