Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-12-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Accommodation and Food Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Sensors
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the parent company for more than 5,000 hotels worldwide including Holiday Inn, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some U.S. locations.