The Hyatt hotel chain has announced having discovered malware in its payment system. It is now eradicated, but the extent of damage is unknown. Hyatt is just the latest in a long list of hotels whose safety has been undermined.
While the history of backdoor in the firewall Juniper is not yet completed, a new computer security case dates back to the surface. The Hyatt hotel chain has indeed officially announce the “ found malware on the computers that manage payment systems .”
The group gives no further information on the ins and outs of this story, nor on the number of potentially affected customers or the stolen data. It is simply asking customers to scrutinize their bank statements carefully to check that no suspicious transactions have been performed.
Of course, added Hyatt have taken steps to strengthen its computer security (particularly with Using a company specializing in this area) and indicates that now his “ customers can confidently use of payment cards at Hyatt hotels worldwide .”
But we must also remember that this breach of security of a hotel is only the latest in a long series for 2015. Indeed, there is just one month, it was the Hilton chain which announced having discovered malware in some payment terminals. On his blog, Krebs draws up a list of hotels with sad faces a significant dent in their IT security in 2015: Starwood, Mandarin Oriental, White Lodgging and Trump Collection.
Sébastien Gavois
Journalist, never far from an internet connection. Storage specialist in all its forms and PDF decryption of mobile operators.
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