HackingHospitalityHospitalityStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Watergate Hotel

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2024

Filed

Feb 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The Watergate Hotel →3 incidents on file

The Watergate Hotel reported a data event to Nebraska regulators on February 7, 2025. Suspicious activity was detected on April 6, 2024, leading to an investigation that revealed an unknown actor accessed computer systems and viewed or downloaded files containing names, driver's license numbers, and payment card numbers. Four Nebraska residents were notified. The hotel notified federal law enforcement, implemented security measures, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Apr 6, 2024

Discovered

Feb 7, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 307 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_268a22cc687049972025-02-07Verified
Maine State AGbd_2d394bbe8aebc5382025-02-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_46696151d2efdbef2025-02-07Verified
Vermont State AGbd_d1718365e663f72f2025-02-07Verified

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Maryland State AGbd_da54ff47e18b530d2025-02-07Candidate

Name: The Watergate Hotel
norm: the watergate hotel
Domain: thewatergatehotel.com

Name: The Watergate Hotel
norm: the watergate hotel
Domain: thewatergatehotel.com
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Apr 6, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice of this incident to state regulators, as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement
Implemented additional security measures
Provided individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Experian at no cost to the individuals
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewed security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Maine State AGFeb 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 7 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 7 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 7 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/The Watergate Hotel - Notice of Data Event - NE.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2025
Raw hash: f2429edd018ffc65b4a97e4227260324eee5b608dc0fb835352cc5a9d2e06bb3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Watergate Hotel

Victim entityThe Watergate Hotel

Incidentdiscovered Apr 6, 2024

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov