The US Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, claiming its poor security measures allowed hackers to access hundreds of thousands of customer credit card numbers. The chain of hotels allegedly misrepresented its security measures and did not require things like complex passwords or adequate separation between the hotel and corporate networks. Over the course of two years, the FTC says Wyndham's networks were breached three times, and hackers were able to make off with over 500,000 payment card accounts, which were then sent to a domain registered in Russia. $10.6 million worth of fraudulent charges were then allegedly made on the cards.
In all three cases, hackers compromised a data center in...
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