HackingHospitalityHospitalityStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Financial accountIdentity (basic)PCIPIIMediumContained

Preferred Hotel Group

bd_7bd155a5cc2ba53a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2017

Filed

Jun 30, 2017

To disclose

24 days

Affected

2,370state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Preferred Hotel Group →2 incidents on file

Preferred Hotel Group, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a breach involving its third-party booking provider, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. Unauthorized access to the SynXis Central Reservations system exposed unencrypted payment card data and guest PII for approximately 2,370 Washington residents between August 2016 and March 2017. The incident was discovered on June 6, 2017.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 300 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Aug 10, 2016

Begins

Jun 6, 2017

Discovered

Jun 30, 2017

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_3d017bd807f97e422017-06-30Verified
Montana State AGbd_7ce5af2e70d11e692017-07-06 · +6dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_c4c1d41b1917abc72017-07-06 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_7b0ec09ba7023e8d2017-07-07 · +7dVerified by operator

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California State AGbd_82c19e2c59c9cc9d2017-07-14 · +14dVerified

Name: Preferred Hotel Group
norm: preferred hotel

Name: Preferred Hotel Group
norm: preferred hotel
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Aug 10, 2016 – Mar 9, 2017
Undetected for: 300 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 2,370state-resident count only
Data types: PCIFinancial accountPII
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 300-399dexposure 200-299d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Sabre Hospitality Solutions
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Working with Sabre to ensure they evaluate and improve their data security processes
Notifying affected guests and member hotels
Notified law enforcement, payment card brands and the major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Sabre to evaluate and improve their data security processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 30 · first

Washington State AGJun 30 · first · this page

Montana State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jun 30 (NH), last Jul 14 (CA) — a 14-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9717.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2017
Raw hash: e2e7517595416ea56b8e27c64db3e4f84588ebbe259cc45dc2253aaa7a7bbdd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPreferred Hotel Group

Victim entityPreferred Hotel Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2017

Stated responseWorking with Sabre to ensure they evaluate and improve their data security processes

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com