The Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corporation identified signs of unauthorized access to payment-card information used at some 41 hotels in 11 countries from March 18, 2017 to July 2, 2017.

Five of the Hyatt properties affected by the breach included U.S. locations, three resorts in Hawaii and one each in Guam and Puerto Rico. The nation with the largest number of affected Hyatt properties was China with 18.

It is the second major incident with the hospitality chain in the last two years. Hyatt identified signs of data theft from payment cards used at some 250 Hyatt-managed locations, primarily restaurants, in 50 countries from August through December 2015.

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