2009 — Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: In mid-September 2008, the company discovered that…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
In mid-September 2008, the company
discovered that a sophisticated hacker penetrated the computer systems
of one of the hotels. By going through the centralized network connection,
the hacker was then able to access and download information from several,
but not all, of the other WHR properties and create a unique file
containing payment card information of a small percentage of WHR
customers. Potentially exposed throu
Root cause
Hacking