In an article today on KrebsOnSecurity – it has been announced that Trump Hotel Collection
Trump International – Las Vegas
a string of luxury properties tied to business magnate and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump – appears to be dealing with another breach of its credit card systems. If confirmed, this would be the second such breach at the Trump properties in less than a year.
The company was investigating the claims, the blog reported. (http://bit.ly/TrumpBreachedAgain)
The Trump Hotel Collection includes about 17 properties globally. Sources said they noticed a pattern of fraud on cards that were all used at multiple Trump hotel locations in the past two to three months, including at Trump International Hotel New York, Trump Hotel Waikiki in Honolulu, and the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto.
The hospitality industry has been hit quite hard by card breaches over the past two years. In April 2014, hotel franchising firm White Lodging confirmed its second card breach in a year. Card thieves also have hit Hilton, Hyatt, and Starwood hotel properties. In many of these breaches, the hacked systems were located inside of hotel restaurants and gift shops.
Like many other current presidential candidates, Donald Trump has offered little in the way of a policy playbook on cybersecurity. But in multiple statements last month, Trump bashed the United States as “obsolete” on cybersecurity, and suggested the country is being “toyed with” by adversaries from China, Russia and elsewhere.