1200+ hotel chain locations affected by hack

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A hotel chain is warning customers after it was discovered that more than 1,200 of its locations were infected with malware, including eight hotels in West Michigan.

InterContinental Hotels Group, which includes Holiday Inn, said an investigation revealed malware designed to access payment card data from cards used at front desk cash registers between Sept. 29, 2016 and Dec. 29, 2016.

The malware searched for data read from the magnetic stripe of credit and debit cards. That data could include the cardholder’s name, card number, expiration date and internal verification code, the company said.

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