FYI: Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyberheist [Best Western Hotel group]

[Florian Weimer]

* Roland Perry:

> In article <zEy$XzBUTisIFANW@highwayman.com>, Richard Clayton
> <richard@highwayman.com> writes
>>   Most importantly, whereas the reporter asserted the recent compromise
>>   of data for past guests from as far back as 2007, Best Western purges
>>   all online reservations promptly upon guest departure.
>
> That must be a bit inconvenient for the "frequent flyer" programme
> [Gold Crown Club International tm], unless they regard that as a
> completely separate piece of IT.

I find it hard to believe that hotels located in Germany do not keep
this information, either.  There's a general obligation to preserve
business records (including business correspondence) for several years.