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MalwareHospitalityRetail & ConsumerHospitalityRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)PCIPIILowContained

HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.

bd_5121296658c0299e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 10, 2015

Filed

Nov 24, 2015

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.

Hilton Worldwide, Inc. reported a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized malware targeting payment card information in point-of-sale systems at its hotels. The malware operated between November 2014 and July 2015. Data compromised included cardholder names, payment card numbers, security codes, and expiration dates. Hilton engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, eradicated the malware, and offered one year of credit monitoring. The exact number of affected individuals was not disclosed.

Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days
discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Nov 18, 2014

Begins

Feb 10, 2015

Discovered

Nov 24, 2015

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 24 · first
Montana State AGNov 24 · first
California State AGNov 24 · first
Washington State AGNov 24 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 24 (MA), last Dec 3 (SC) — a 9-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.