"Choice Hotels International disclosed a breach affecting franchisees and applicants. Its notification letter states that a "skilled person used social engineering" to gain access on January 14, 2026 to an application that contained records regarding franchisees and franchise applicants. The access occurred even though access required multifactor authentication (MFA). The information involved included names and Social Security numbers. There is no indication that any guest data was involved. No gang has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack as yet."
"Wynn Resorts in Nevada has yet to issues any response to claims that ShinyHunters has acquired 800,000 records, and the threat actors have not posted any proof of claims. There does not appear to be any statement on Wynn's website, and no filing of any material incident with the SEC at this time. As with the Choice Hotels incident, this incident, if confirmed, appears to involve employee data and not necessarily any guest data."
Choice Hotels International reported that a skilled attacker used social engineering on January 14, 2026 to bypass multifactor authentication and access an application containing franchisee and franchise applicant records, including names and Social Security numbers. Wynn Resorts faces unverified claims that the ShinyHunters group acquired 800,000 records, with no public proof, no statement on Wynn's website, and no SEC filing; the claims, if confirmed, appear to involve employee data rather than guest data. The Grand Hotel in Taipei detected unauthorized access and cannot rule out impact to customer data at this time. No responsible parties have publicly claimed these incidents.
Read at DataBreaches.Net
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