7th May 2015
It seems Six Continents Hotels (InterContinental Hotel Groups) was notified earlier this year by the Secret Service that some of its hotels had suffered a data security breach. One of the hotels IHG subsequently notified was Cities Service (Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Sulphur, Louisiana). IHG alerted them on February 11, 2015.
When Cities Service investigated, they found a malicious email attachment had compromised their payment system and exposed 613 customers’ names, addresses, payment card numbers, and expiration date. The exposure period was October 13, 2014 until February 11, when they contained the breach.
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