I’ve often heard techies say they wish politics could stay out of IT, but it looks like IT has found its way into politics this year. Hotels owned by Donald Trump, the Republican candidate currently polling No. 2 in a field of 14 GOPers, have reportedly been hit by a payment card-seeking cyberattack. This development could prompt political attacks along the lines of “How can Trump protect the U.S. from cyberattacks when he can’t protect his own hotels?”

The initial report, from KrebsOnSecurity, identified the Trump Hotel Collection as the common point of purchase for quite a few bogus payment card charges. “Sources at several banks traced a pattern of fraudulent debit and credit card charges to accounts that had all been used at Trump hotels,” the report said. “Sources in the financial industry say they have little doubt that Trump properties in several U.S. locations — including Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York — are dealing with a card breach that appears to extend back to at least February 2015.” Trump issued a statement to KrebsOnSecurity that said that Trump’s hotel staff “have been alerted to potential suspicious credit card activity and are in the midst of a thorough investigation.”

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