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westin.jpgCheck your credit card statements if you ate or parked your car at the downtown hotel between April 2009 and December 2009. Hackers apparently breached the computers that serve the Bonaventure's four restaurants and valet parking operation. That means they may have gotten names, credit and debit-card numbers and expiration dates. Hotel guests are apparently fine - the hackers didn't get into that system. From USA Today:

The incident is the latest example of a worldwide hotel hacking trend that started roughly 18 months ago, online security expert Nicholas Percoco of Trustwave told Hotel Check-In recently. Last year for the first time ever, hotels accounted for the largest percentage of online breach investigations, Trustwave figures show. Hackers find hotels easy because they generally don't do an adequate job of protecting their systems from hackers, and they're not as likely to be vigilant. The average hotel breach is detected after after five months, Percoco told Hotel Check-In.

Here's a press release on what to do if you think you got hit.


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