Hilton Worldwide Holdings announced yesterday, after trading closed, a breach of customer payment data, according to The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in the week, the Starwood hotel chain reported a breach, as well. Brian Krebs notes that he first identified the breach two months ago, and that this is merely an acknowledgement that his report was correct. The intrusion was the result of malware found on point-of-sale systems, with the breach occurring over two separate periods, between November 18 and December 5, 2014, and then again between April 21 and July 27, 2015. The hotel industry has been hit hard by breaches, with other incidents occurring at the Trump Hotel Collection, the Mandarin Oriental chain and the White Lodging chain in the past year. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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