Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-09-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hilton Hotel
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: Multiple sources in the banking industry say they have traced a pattern of credit card fraud that suggests hackers have compromised point-of-sale registers in gift shops and restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotel and franchise properties across the United States.