Trump Hotels Settle With Attorney General Over Data Breach

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Trump Hotels Settle With Attorney General Over Data Breach

By michael virtanen, associated press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Sep 23, 2016, 3:11 PM ET



The Trump Hotel Collection company has agreed to pay $50,000 and shore up data security after breaches exposed more than 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal data, the state's attorney general said on Friday in announcing a settlement.

In May 2015, multiple banks analyzed hundreds of fraudulent credit card transactions and determined the hotel group, one of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's businesses, was the last merchant with legitimate transactions, according to the attorney general's office.

Authorities said the company knew by June 2015 that hotels in New York City, Miami, Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Toronto had been compromised but didn't notify customers for four months, a violation of New York business law requiring prompt notification. They said a hacker infiltrated the hotel group's payment processing system in May 2014.

"It is vital in this digital age that companies take all precautions to ensure that consumer information is protected and that, if a data breach occurs, it is reported promptly to our office, in accordance with state law," said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat.

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