Credit Card Breach at Mandarin Oriental

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/03/credit-card-breach-at-mandarian-oriental/

By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
March 4, 2015

In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, upscale hotel chain 
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group today confirmed that its hotels have been 
affected by a credit card breach.

Reached for comment about reports from financial industry sources about a 
pattern of fraudulent charges on customer cards that had all recently been 
used at Mandarin hotels, the company confirmed it is investigating a 
breach.

“We can confirm that Mandarin Oriental has been alerted to a potential 
credit card breach and is currently conducting a thorough investigation to 
identify and resolve the issue,” the company said in an emailed statement. 
“Unfortunately incidents of this nature are increasingly becoming an 
industry-wide concern. The Group takes the protection of customer 
information very seriously and is coordinating with credit card agencies 
and the necessary forensic specialists to ensure our guests are 
protected.”

Mandarin isn’t saying yet how many of the company’s two-dozen or so 
locations worldwide may be impacted, but banking industry sources say the 
breach almost certainly impacted most if not all Mandarin hotels in the 
United States, including locations in Boston, Florida, Las Vegas, Miami, 
New York, and Washington, D.C. Sources also say the compromise likely 
dates back to just before Christmas 2014.

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