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Hospitality Industry On Mission To Curb Cyberattacks
Three major hospitality trade associations have banded together to warn hotels nationwide about the rise in cyberattacks on their industry and to spell out the specific security measures the...
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Hackers Steal TripAdvisor’s Email Database
Travel site TripAdvisor has warned subscribers to expect more spam following the theft of its member database. The travel review and information website said that an unspecified vulnerability allowed...
View ArticleThe Briar Group To Pay $110K For Lack of Security Enforcement
The Briar Group LLC, which runs Ned Devine’s, the Green Briar, The Lenox, and other popular restaurants, has agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve allegations that the Boston chain failed to take...
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Senators Propose Privacy Bill of Rights
Two veteran senators – John Kerry, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz. – introduced Tuesday legislation that would balance individual privacy rights while allowing businesses to collect consumer...
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Travelodge Investigates Hacking Attack On Its Customer Database
A spokesperson for the hotel chain said that a “third party” had managed to obtain names and e-mail addresses. The company warned users of its online service to be on the lookout for spam e-mails. The...
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Travelodge Blames ‘Vindictive Individual’ For Email Database Breach
Travelodge UK has confirmed that a customer database security breach was behind the recent run of spam emails to its customers. Customers complained in June after receiving spam messages punting...
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Restaurant Depot Serves Up Credit Card Data To Hackers For 100K Customers
Cybercrooks presumed to be operating from Russia hacked into the Restaurant Depot database last month and accessed the credit and debit card details of more than 100,000 customers. In a Nov. 25 notice,...
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Wyndham Worldwide Charged By F.T.C. Over Data Breaches
The Federal Trade Commission charged Wyndham Worldwide and three hotel and resort affiliates on Tuesday with allowing three breaches of its corporate data files in two years, resulting in the...
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