Wyndham website breach prompted data removal from network
02/03/2010
Information security employees at Wyndham Hotel Group (WHR) have shut down a data breach detected in late January.
Guests at the hotel may have had their credit card details stolen after a hacker successfully carried out a data breach on the hotel chain's website.
Data was moved off the site by those in IT security jobs working for the firm between October 2009 and January 2010 when the incident was discovered.
Website senior vice-president of the enterprise compliance and employment counsel at the group Kirsten Hotchkiss explained: "By going through the centralised network connections, the hacker was able to access and download information from several, but not all, of the WHR hotels and remove payment card information of a small percentage of our WHR customers."
Earlier this week, SophosLabs senior threat analyst Paul Baccas explained that it was "foolhardy" to think of a basic website as being any less dangerous for IT security than a more complex website.
Why not register on our website and get news/job alerts direct to your e-mail account? Click here.
Vacancies in Information Security Recruitment:
Other Stories in Information Security Recruitment:
- ISPA welcomes effort to recruit more cyber security...
30 July 2010
- IT outsourcing could be affected 'if govt renegotiates...
29 July 2010
- First of data loss prevention vendors touts downloadable...
20 July 2010
- Use of social networking at work is rising
16 July 2010
- Mobile users concerned about privacy security of geolocation...
16 July 2010
