FTC sues Wyndham on credit card breaches

- Jun 26, 2012 11:56 am

Skift Take

The lodging and online travel industries — not to mention ecommerce in general — all take a hit whenever one of these alleged data breaches occurs.

— Dennis Schaal

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and three of its subsidiaries for alleged data security failures that led to three data breaches at Wyndham hotels in less than two years.

Tags: fraud, ftc, wyndham

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