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Hyatt hotels hacked again, credit card data stolen from Saudi hotels


Sarakshi Rai, October 16th, 2017

Hyatt Hotels has issued a statement warning guests of a systems breach that has resulted in credit card information being stolen from different hotels around the world.

In a notice posted on its corporate website, Hyatt said the breaches took place in mid-March and early July this year. The Saudi Arabian hotels affected in the breach are: Jabal Omar Hyatt Regency Makkah, Park Hyatt Jeddah – Marina, Club and Spa and Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya. 

Hyatt said in a statement, "We regret to inform you that we discovered signs of and then resolved unauthorized access to payment card information from cards manually entered or swiped at the front desk of certain Hyatt-managed locations between March 18, 2017 and July 2, 2017."

Overall, 41 Hyatt hotels worldwide were affected by the data breach with 18 of the hotels located in China. Previously, as many as 250 Hyatt operated properties worldwide were affected by a malware breach.