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Courtesy the Washington Post.

Guests at 14 Trump properties, including hotels in Washington, New York and Vancouver, have had their credit card information exposed, marking the third time in as many years that a months-long security breach has affected customers of the chain of luxury hotels.

The latest instance occurred between August 2016 and March 2017, according to a notice on the company’s website, and included guest names, addresses and phone numbers, as well as credit card numbers and expiration dates. The breach took place on the systems of Sabre Hospitality Solutions, a reservation booking service used by Trump Hotels, but did not compromise the Trump Hotels’ systems.

“The privacy and protection of our guests’ information is a matter we take very seriously,” the notice said, adding that Trump Hotels was notified of the breach on June 5. Trump Hotels declined to comment beyond what was posted in the notice.

The news of the latest cybersecurity attack comes less than a year after Trump International Hotels Management paid $50,000 in penalties to New York state for failing to notify customers immediately after earlier data breaches led to the exposure of more than 70,000 credit card numbers and 300 Social Security numbers. The company also agreed to update its security practices as a result of the settlement.

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The hotel chain has probably become even more appealing to hackers in recent months, Singer said, because it has attracted a steady stream of Republican lawmakers, industry lobbyists and foreign dignitaries seeking to conduct business with the president.

“If more people are staying there in an attempt to curry favor with the government, the fishing pool of targets is certainly greater than it was prior to November,” he said.

Attackers first infiltrated Trump hotels’ payment processing system in May 2014, and installed malware on the hotel’s networks to mine customers’ credit card information, according to an investigation cited by Eric Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general. Trump Hotels was informed of the breach in June 2015 but did not post a notice on its website until four months later, according to Schneiderman.

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“It seems very negligent that this could happen a number of times,” said Justin Cappos, an associate professor of systems and security at New York University. “These patterns of oversight are a huge problem.”

The puns write themselves for this one.

 

[hitme]

The best security.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Cyber

 

[Random Human]

Another reason not to stay at his hotels.

 

[Crayons]

Goddamnit barron

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

We need to get Trump's U.S.-Russia Joint Cyber Security Team on this.

 

[Turbo Killer]

The 400 lbs guy gotta eat yo.

 

[JettDash]

That's what you get for giving Trump money.

 

[broncobuster]

The hotel chain has probably become even more appealing to hackers in recent months, Singer said, because it has attracted a steady stream of Republican lawmakers, industry lobbyists and foreign dignitaries seeking to conduct business with the president.

Rat trap.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

At this point, anyone staying at one of his Hotels is getting what they pay for.

 

[Zolo]

Hear that rich people? Time to stop staying at Trump hotels.

 

[Cabbagehead]

Russian Honey pot

 

[Permanently A]

No more scoops for you Barron

 

[The Faceless Master]

At this point, anyone staying at one of his Hotels is getting what they pay for.

sounds like they'll be paying for a whole lot more than they'll get

 

[Maiden Voyage]

sounds like they'll be paying for a whole lot more than they'll get

If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

 

[Dan]

As the article points out, this is par for the course with Trump hotels. Their systems have repeatedly been hacked and they've repeatedly failed to notify customers. Given the pattern of attacks, they've also been negligent in improving their security.

 

[UberTag]

Serves anyone right for wilfully giving that vile family their money and trusting them with their financial information.
That said, I really do hope there are lawsuits headed Trump's way. I won't begrudge them that.

 

[RustyNails]

BARRON!

 

[RootCause]

Someone call the expert. But seriously, that can't be good for business. Can't wait for him to tweet about it being fake news.

 

[Dai101]

Goddammit Clara!

 

[Ogodei]

Karma for supporting corruption?