MalwareHospitalityRetail & ConsumerHospitalityInfostealerCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

bd_73b609dc13afff55 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 15, 2016

Filed

Aug 31, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants →2 incidents on file

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Group, LLC experienced a data breach involving malware installed on servers processing payment cards at hotel front desks and restaurants. The incident occurred between February 16, 2016, and July 7, 2016, and was discovered on July 15, 2016. The malware captured track data from magnetic stripes, including card numbers, expiration dates, and verification codes, and in some cases, cardholder names. The company notified law enforcement, engaged cybersecurity firms, and is notifying affected guests.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 15, 2016 → Notified Aug 31, 201647d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 150 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Feb 16, 2016

Begins

Jul 15, 2016

Discovered

Aug 31, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3c7a4362f11f86f82016-08-31Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6741827ae81d98f52016-08-31Verified
Washington State AGbd_85c12a18a41a5de22016-08-31Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_ae1e65eb342337b92016-08-31Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 16d gap

Montana State AGbd_e6797297cc21c25b2016-08-31Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_8a3219281af49f402016-09-01 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8ee8cc4df329bab62016-09-06 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3751eae7fffe13b12016-09-16 · +16dVerified

Name: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
norm: kimpton hotels restaurants
Domain: kimptonhotels.com

Name: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
norm: kimpton hotels restaurants
Domain: kimptonhotels.com
Industry: HospitalityllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 16, 2016 – Jul 7, 2016
Undetected for: 150 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1056 Input CaptureT1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Hired leading cyber security firms to examine our payment card processing system
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
Mailing letters to those guests who used their card at a front desk during an at risk time frame for whom we have a mailing address
Changes made: Continue to work with the cyber security firms to further strengthen our existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 47d
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: Jul 15, 2016
→ Notified: Aug 31, 2016
47d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 15, 2016 → Notified: Aug 31, 2016	47d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 31 · first

Washington State AGAug 31 · first

Oregon State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AGAug 31 · first

California State AGAug 31 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (NH), last Sep 16 (NH) — a 16-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/sb24-63669
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2016
Raw hash: 7733db87ed1cc5da6235b8905b025b16871967fc1f823e8dcc6f3eebc5ab7a0a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKimpton Hotels & Restaurants

Victim entityKimpton Hotels & Restaurants

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2016

Stated responseHired leading cyber security firms to examine our payment card processing system

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov