WASHINGTON–Trump Hotels is again warning its customers and guests that it has been hit by a data breach.
The company, owned by President Donald Trump, said in a statement that anyone who used a credit or debit card at 14 of its properties over a seven-month period may have had their card data compromised.
The announcement marks the third time the hotel chain has been hit by a data breach in three years.
"We recently learned of an incident involving unauthorized access to guest information associated with certain hotel reservations," according to an undated, nine-page Trump Hotels breach notification. "This incident occurred on the systems of Sabre Hospitality Solutions (Sabre), a service provider used by Trump Hotels. It did not affect Trump Hotels' systems. The privacy and protection of our guests' information is a matter we take very seriously."
Travel industry software giant Sabre had first announced in May that its software-as-a-service SynXis Central Reservations system - used by more than 36,000 properties - was breached and payment card data and customers' personal details may have been stolen. Incident response firm Mandiant has been hired to investigate.
Trump hotels said it was first notified by Sabre on June 5 that 14 of its properties across North America were affected by the breach.
"The investigation found that the unauthorized party first obtained access to Trump Hotels-related payment card and other reservation information on August 10, 2016," according to the breach notification published by Trump Hotels. "The last access to this information was on March 9."
Payment card data, including some security codes and cardholders' names - as well as contact information - were exposed. "Information such as Social Security, passport, and driver's license number was not accessed," the hotel chain said.