Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Breached
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 06/30/2016 12:00 PM
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The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has reported that it was possibly breached with POS malware.
The company started an investigation after receiving reports of fraudulent activity on guests credit card accounts.
“On May 13, 2016, the investigation identified signs of unauthorized access to the resort's payment card environment,” the notice said.
The report indicated that the breaches may have occurred at the casino, certain restaurants and retail outlets between Oct. 27, 2015 and March 21, 2016.
The stolen info includes cardholder names, card numbers, expiration dates, and internal verification codes.
Zach Forsyth from Comodo said many of these firms have antiquated IT technology in place. “It's a harsh reality that the technology some organizations use today is as effective as installing a home security system that alerts you to a break-in after the robbers have already stolen everything, vandalized the house and left."
John Christly, CISO at Netsurion, agreed: “The entire industry, regardless of vertical specialty, needs to wake up and realize that traditional cybersecurity defenses are no longer working,” Christly said. “Even more important is the fact that the patrons of these establishments should expect, and for sure deserve, the absolute security of their data that is entrusted to these companies.”
Source: SCMagazine
The company started an investigation after receiving reports of fraudulent activity on guests credit card accounts.“On May 13, 2016, the investigation identified signs of unauthorized access to the resort's payment card environment,” the notice said.
The report indicated that the breaches may have occurred at the casino, certain restaurants and retail outlets between Oct. 27, 2015 and March 21, 2016.
The stolen info includes cardholder names, card numbers, expiration dates, and internal verification codes.
Zach Forsyth from Comodo said many of these firms have antiquated IT technology in place. “It's a harsh reality that the technology some organizations use today is as effective as installing a home security system that alerts you to a break-in after the robbers have already stolen everything, vandalized the house and left."
John Christly, CISO at Netsurion, agreed: “The entire industry, regardless of vertical specialty, needs to wake up and realize that traditional cybersecurity defenses are no longer working,” Christly said. “Even more important is the fact that the patrons of these establishments should expect, and for sure deserve, the absolute security of their data that is entrusted to these companies.”
Source: SCMagazine
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