Radisson data breach exposed credit card numbers
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Between November 2008 and May 2009, hackers infiltrated the network security of computer systems at some Radisson hotels in the U.S. and Canada and accessed customer names and credit card numbers, the hotel chain disclosed Wednesday.
Citing an ongoing forensic investigation, the company did not provide much detailed information on the nature of the data breach, but said Social Security numbers were not included in the computers that were accessed.
Radisson said it was notified of the data theft by credit card companies and payment processors. The company does not suspect an insider breach, meaning it was likely the result of a hacking attack, according to Networkworld.
"We believe at this time it is limited to an isolated number of hotels in the U.S. and Canada," Radisson said of the data breach in a FAQ on its website. "Since the investigation is still on-going and sensitive, we are not able to comment on particular properties."
Identity theft and theft of credit card information has been a plague on the banking and retail industries. Federal prosecutors earlier this week indicted a Miami man for his alleged involvement in a hacker attack that accessed 130 million credit card numbers from Heartland Payment Systems.
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