RADISSON GUESTS ARE LATEST TO WIN FREE CREDIT MONITORING FOR ONE YEAR!
The Radisson Hotel chain is the latest American retail company toannounce it has suffered a significant breach of its computer systemsresulting in the compromise of credit and debit card data. This couldn't have been Gonzalez the "soup nazi" because he was already in custody at the time of this breach. Here's the "Open Letter" informing Guests that their credit and debit card numbers were breached 9 months ago...
OPEN LETTER TORADISSON® GUESTS
August 19, 2009
To Radisson®Hotels & Resorts guests:
Radissonvalues your business and respects the privacy of your information, which is whywe wish to inform you that between November 2008 and May 2009,
This unauthorized access was in violation ofboth civil and criminal laws. Radisson has been coordinating with federal lawenforcement to assist in the investigation of this incident. While the numberof potentially affected hotels involved in this incident is limited, the dataaccessed may have included guest information such as the name printed on aguest’s credit card or debit card, a credit or debit card number, and/or a cardexpiration date.
This unauthorized access was in violation ofboth civil and criminal laws. Radisson has been coordinating with federal lawenforcement to assist in the investigation of this incident. While the numberof potentially affected hotels involved in this incident is limited, the dataaccessed may have included guest information such as the name printed on aguest’s credit card or debit card, a credit or debit card number, and/or a cardexpiration date.
Werecommend that you review your account statements and credit reports closely.To the extent there is any suspected unauthorized card activity, it should bereported to the bank that issued your credit card, as well as proper lawenforcement authorities, your state attorney general’s office, or the FederalTrade Commission.
Please also visit our website at http://www.Radisson.com/openletter/for instructions on how to receive free credit monitoring for one year.
Radissonvalues guest privacy and deeply regrets this incident occurred. Working withlaw enforcement and forensic investigators, Radisson is conducting a thoroughreview of the potentially affected computer systems, and has implementedadditional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an attackand to protect the privacy of Radisson’s valued guests. The company also isworking closely with major credit card suppliers and law enforcement to ensurethe incident is properly addressed.
For furtherassistance regarding this incident, please visit Radisson at http://www.Radisson.com/openletter/or call (866) 584-9255 between 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. CST daily. Radisson is focused ondelivering guest satisfaction and value for our guests and is committed todoing everything we can to resolve this issue expediently and thoroughly toreinforce your confidence.
Sincerely,
FredrikKorallus
ExecutiveVice President & Chief Operating Officer
Radisson®Hotels & Resorts
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