MalwareHospitalityHospitalityInfostealerCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Six Continents Hotels

bd_3d49f29564c392be · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 28, 2016

Filed

Feb 3, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Six Continents Hotels →2 incidents on file

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) notified guests of a payment card data breach at 12 properties in the Americas. Malware installed on servers processed payment cards used at restaurants and bars between August 1, 2016, and December 20, 2016. The malware captured track data including cardholder name, card number, expiration date, and internal verification code from magnetic stripes. IHG discovered the incident on December 28, 2016, after reports of unauthorized charges. Front desk transactions were not affected. IHG engaged cybersecurity firms, notified law enforcement, and worked with payment card networks to monitor affected cards.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 28, 2016 → Notified Feb 3, 201737d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 149 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Aug 1, 2016

Begins

Dec 28, 2016

Discovered

Feb 3, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4a76c7e03c62e29d2017-04-14 · +70dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8c134423752fa0372017-04-14 · +70dVerified
California State AGbd_8ef72d261a0a28c02017-04-14 · +70dVerified
Washington State AGbd_bf6597d4b90e06332017-04-14 · +70dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_d66a216b1857d4262017-04-14 · +70dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_da3308682a4d4c2c2017-04-14 · +70dVerified

Name: Six Continents Hotels
norm: six continents hotels

Name: Six Continents Hotels
norm: six continents hotels
Also named: Six Continents Hotels, Inc.dba oflegal entity
InterContinental Hotels Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Dec 28, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2016 – Dec 20, 2016
Undetected for: 149 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Hired leading cyber security firms to examine the payment card processing systems
Notified law enforcement
Working with the payment card networks so that the banks that issue payment cards can be made aware and initiate heightened monitoring on the affected cards
Established a dedicated call center to answer any questions affected guests may have
Changes made: Review security measures
Confirm that this issue has been remediated
Evaluate ways to enhance security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 37d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 28, 2016
→ Notified: Feb 3, 2017
37d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 28, 2016 → Notified: Feb 3, 2017	37d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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California State AGFeb 3 · first · this page

Montana State AG+70d

Massachusetts State AG+70d

California State AG+70d

Washington State AG+70d

New Hampshire State AG+70d

Oregon State AG+70d

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (CA), last Apr 14 (OR) — a 70-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-66180
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 3, 2017
Raw hash: 42ad1b56f2af4df329e83f49f89d85b17bcca92ca0355398f14cdceb35b9e97c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySix Continents Hotels

Victim entitySix Continents Hotels

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2016

Stated responseHired leading cyber security firms to examine the payment card processing systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov