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NAFCU statement on HEI Hotels & Resorts data breach

WASHINGTON, DC (August 15, 2016) — National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) President and CEO Dan Berger issued the following statement today regarding the recent data breach at 20 hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts that likely exposed card payment data from tens of thousands of transactions.

“These hotel data breaches, many of which are repeat offenses, as well as the latest data breach to Oracle’s point-of-sale systems, affirm the urgency with which Congress needs to pass strong national data security standards for retailers, such as the ‘Data Security Act of 2015’ (H.R. 2205/S.961),” said Berger. “Cybercriminals’ attacks are growing more pernicious and continue to take advantage of the vulnerabilities in retailers’ payments systems to seize consumers’ sensitive personal financial information.”

HEI Hotels & Resorts, which includes Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental hotels, revealed that the breach hit various hotels nationwide, including locations in Florida, Texas, Vermont, Illinois, California, Virginia, Tennessee, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. The dates of the data breach vary for each hotel hit, but range from March 2015 through June 2016.

NAFCU has repeatedly underscored the need for Congress to pass national data security standards for merchants and retailers.


About NAFCU

The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions is the only national trade association focusing exclusively on federal issues affecting the nation’s federally-insured credit unions. NAFCU membership is direct and provides credit unions with the best in federal advocacy, education and compliance assistance. For more information on NAFCU, go to www.nafcu.org or @NAFCU on Twitter.

Contacts

Molly Safreed, msafreed@nafcu.org (NAFCU)

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