Trump's hotels lost 70,000 customers credit card numbers to thieves and hid it from those harmed.

[kpete]

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Authorities said the company knew by June 2015 that hotels in New York City, Miami, Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Toronto had been compromised but didn't notify customers for four months, a violation of New York business law requiring prompt notification. They said a hacker infiltrated the hotel group's payment processing system in May 2014.

"It is vital in this digital age that companies take all precautions to ensure that consumer information is protected and that, if a data breach occurs, it is reported promptly to our office, in accordance with state law," said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat.

Safeguarding customer data is a top priority, a Trump Hotels Collection spokeswoman said.

"Unfortunately, cyber criminals seeking consumer data have recently infiltrated the systems of many organizations, including almost every major hotel company," she said.

According to the attorney general's office, the company last March received additional reports of a second security breach, an investigation showing a hacker got unauthorized access last November and installed credit card harvesting malware on 39 systems affecting five hotels, including Trump SoHo New York.

In April, the company added recommended precautions including authentication for remote access that requires username, password and then another piece of information only the user should know, such as a random number from a token.



http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-hotels-settle-ny-attorney-general-data-loss-42311680




http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-settlement-trump-hotel-collection-after-data-breaches-expose

[NightWatcher]

1. How many of the stolen numbers then bought Trump Steaks online?

[canetoad]

2. Obviously

Not very many.

[tanyev]

3. Was it Russian hackers???

Complimentary identity theft for all guests at Trump hotels!

[Moonwalk]

9. Included with the chocolate on your pillow?

How thoughtful!

[world wide wally]

4. I want to see the emails!

[kpete]

11. me too

peace,
kp

[niyad]

5. and the beat goes on. . . .and on. . . .

[kentuck]

6. Who does Trump have working for him?

The Russians?

[pinboy3niner]

7. Trump hotels have the best hackers, believe me

Check in there and they'll hack you so fast your head will spin!

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. ...

[ffr]

8. I wonder what this says about what's in his IRS tax returns.

Must be worse than we want to believe.