Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino announced their second breach in about a year.The culprit: Card-scraping malware on its point-of-sale system from Oct. 27, 2015 to March 21, 2016.

The data break-in provided hackers with access to payment card data, including name, card number, expiration date, and verification code. In a few instances, the malware only obtained the card data without the customer's name.

Hard Rock uncovered the breach after receiving reports of fraudulent activity. Investigators then discovered the malware and unauthorized POS network access.

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Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).