In 2015, it was disclosed that the global hotel chain had become the victim of an attack that infiltrated its POS terminals giving hackers access to 360000 customers' credit card information including cardholder names and card numbers, security codes and expiry dates.
With this information the hackers were able to shop online or by phone with their victim's credit card details.
In November 2017, the company received fines for failing to alert customers in a timely manner following discovery of the breaches.
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