Don’t Waste Your Money: Are you staying at a hacker-friendly hotel?

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http://wtkr.com/2014/07/08/dont-waste-your-money-are-you-staying-at-a-hacker-friendly-hotel/

By Doris Taylor
WTKR.com
July 8, 2014

As the travel season heats up, Consumer Reports cautions that some popular 
hotel and motel chains could be vulnerable to hackers because of weak 
security systems.

The major credit-card companies require businesses to have standard data 
protections if they want to accept credit and debit cards. It’s called 
being PCI compliant. But Consumer Reports found that a number of hotels 
may not be.

At a Super 8 motel in New York, the manager said he “had not heard” about 
PCI compliance. An assistant general manager at a Red Lion in California 
also said, “I never heard of this.” Similarly, a manager at an America’s 
Best Value in Washington state said, “I have no idea” about PCI 
compliance.

In the past, hackers have taken advantage of weak security at hotels. For 
instance, there were three documented data breaches at properties of 
Wyndham Worldwide several years ago. According to a complaint by the 
Federal Trade Commission, “security failures” at Wyndham Worldwide led to 
more than $10 million in unauthorized charges.

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