Hyatt Cardholders Still On Alert
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The Hyatt Hotel chain has released further information about a hack on the company last year and warned that customers may be still under threat – particularly if dining in a Hyatt restaurant.

The hack was reported by US journalist Brian Krebs, who specialises in cybercrime reportage, in December. Hyatt provided a statement at the time, but Krebbs suggested that it was light on detail.

Hyatt now says that the threat net extends back to July 2015 and has left some cardholders still vulnerable.

“It appears that a good portion of breached data came from the restaurant side of the hotel chain’s facilities,” said Mark Bower, global director of product management at HPE Security. “These are often integrated PoS [systems] running applications in an environment that is not as secure as modern hardened payment terminals.”