Tag Archives: food and beverage industry

Restaurant Group Pays $110,000 to Settle Lawsuit Alleging a Failure to Secure Payment Card Data

By Craig A. Hoffman on April 7, 2011 Posted in Payment Card Industry

In a February co-post with Baker Hostetler’s Hospitality Lawg, we wrote about security breach reports that continued to show hospitality and restaurant groups as favorite targets of hackers. Two of the factors we cited as explanations for their vulnerability—failure to secure wireless networks and not complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI … Continue Reading

Hospitality and Food and Beverage Industries Still Targets of Hackers

By Craig A. Hoffman on February 21, 2011 Posted in Data Breaches, Information Security, Payment Card Industry

This entry was also posted on the Hospitality Lawg—a Baker Hostetler blog featuring commentary on hospitality law, news, and developments. It should no longer come as a surprise that the hospitality and food and beverage industries are favorite targets of hackers. Indeed, some commentators have suggested that hackers view these industries as the low-hanging fruit. … Continue Reading