Luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental has confirmed that it has been hit in a hack attack and that credit card data from customers has been stolen.
The hotel hasn’t reported how many hotels were targeted or how much data was stolen but is investigating and will deliver more information shortly.
The Mandarin Oriental Group said that point-of-sale systems at some of the 45 hotels it runs had been infected with malicious data-grabbing software apparently since just before Christmas last year.
"While the group has leading data security systems in place, this malware is undetectable by all anti-viral systems," the group said.
The group added that it is working with security companies and has told people who stayed in any of its hotels to look out for any irregularities on their credit card and debit card statements.
