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Choice Hotels Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Personal Information
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On January 14, 2026, Choice Hotels International, Inc. experienced a data breach that compromised sensitive personal information of franchisees and franchise applicants. A threat actor utilized social engineering tactics to bypass security measures, gaining unauthorized access to an internal application that stored these records, despite the application requiring multifactor authentication.
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2026-01-14
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