Hilton Hotels answers allegations of card-stealing malware

We heard earlier this week that Hilton Hotels had been hit with malware designed to steal personal data and, even worse, credit card information. The breach affected point-of-sale systems. Sounds familiar? This same sort of beach happened to a number of major targets in 2015, mostly retail chains like Target and Home Depot.

Hilton has now responded to the issue and admits there was a problem. It's advising customers to keep a close eye on transactions on their accounts. Though customers are generally not held responsible for fraudulent charges it's a major hassle to go through.

According to Hilton the information accessed was cardholder names, card numbers, security codes and expiration dates. However, the company states that no addresses or other forms of personal information were accessed.

Hilton says it worked closely with computer security experts, law enforcement agencies and credit card companies to try and mitigate the problem.

"Hilton Worldwide is strongly committed to protecting customers’ payment card information, and we sincerely regret any inconvenience this may have caused customers", the hotel chain claims in a statement.

The extent of the damage remains to be seen and Hilton is not confirming how many of its branches were breached by the malware. It's not the first hotel chain to be hit with these problems.

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