HackingHospitalityHospitalityStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Merani Hospitality, Inc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 17, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

107state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merani Hospitality, Inc →2 incidents on file

Merani Hospitality, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data security incident at its Parkway Prime Restaurant in Niagara Falls, NY. Unauthorized code was placed on the payment processing system between Feb 2017 and May 2020, potentially exposing customer names and credit/debit card details (including CVV). Merani estimates 107 NH residents affected. Merani removed the code, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and card brands, and secured the system.

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Incident timeline

Feb 16, 2017

Begins

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_678b2a752a39170b2020-07-15 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9570491ea071e2212020-07-15 · +2dCandidate
California State AGbd_9f7522da74b1b6852020-07-15 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_1f1e3525ad86d75b2020-07-14 · +3dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_e6b71caf85c62ffa2020-07-10 · +7dVerified

Name: Merani Hospitality, Inc
norm: merani hospitality
Domain: meranihotelgroup.com
Industry: Hospitality

Name: Merani Hospitality, Inc
norm: merani hospitality
Domain: meranihotelgroup.com
Industry: Hospitality
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 16, 2017 – May 20, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 107state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained a forensic security firm to investigate the incident
Removed the malicious code from its payment processing system
Notified law enforcement
Alerted the credit card brands of the incident so they can monitor affected customers’ credit and debit card accounts for potential fraudulent activity
Taken additional technical steps to further secure the restaurant’s payment processing system
Changes made: Taken additional technical steps to further secure the restaurant’s payment processing system to prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJul 10 · first

Washington State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

California State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 10 (IN), last Jul 17 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/merani-hospitality-20200717.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2020
Raw hash: d9c20e45762f4690d772ebffeeeefb58beaac8374175b9ede93aa24c6e8b6984

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerani Hospitality, Inc

Victim entityMerani Hospitality, Inc

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetained a forensic security firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov