Hotel chain operator Hilton Worldwide Holdings says it has identified unauthorised malware in some payment systems that targeted payment card information, including in Australian hotels.
A third-party investigation found that the malware targeted specific payment card information, that included cardholder names, payment card numbers, security codes and expiration dates, Hilton said on Tuesday in the US (Wednesday in Australia).
The information targeted, however, did not include addresses or personal identification numbers (PINs), the company added.
Hilton said customers who used their cards during a 17-week period - from November 18 to December 5, 2014 or April 21 to July 27, 2015 - were advised to check their bank statements.
When asked about the breach in Australia a spokesperson for Hilton Worldwide Holdings said, "payment systems were impacted across our global portfolio during the date range and consumers should be vigilant to check their statements if they stayed at one of our properties."
The owner of the Conrad and Double Tree hotel chains did not provide details on the number of cards affected.
The news comes less than a week after rival Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc said that 54 of its hotels in North America had been infected with a malware designed to collect payment card data.
Shares of the company were unchanged in extended trading on Tuesday. They closed at $US23.45 on the New York Stock Exchange.
With Reuters