A disclosure from Washington Hotel states its servers were compromised in a ransomware attack on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 22:00 local time and that various business data were exposed.
KEY FACTS
- Incident Ransomware infection of company servers
- Date and time February 13, 2026 at 22:00 local time
- Data exposed Various business data on affected servers
- Customer data Unlikely exposed because stored by a separate company
- Impact Some properties affected and credit card terminals temporarily unavailable
IT staff immediately disconnected affected servers from the internet to limit the attack’s spread, and police were consulted, per the disclosure.
An internal task force was established and external cybersecurity experts were engaged to assess the intrusion and coordinate recovery, per the disclosure.
Per the disclosure, the attacker gained access to various business data stored on the affected servers. Customer data are unlikely to have been exposed because they are stored on servers managed by a separate company for which no unauthorized access has been confirmed, per the disclosure.
The incident has affected operations at some properties, including temporary unavailability of credit card terminals. The financial impact is under review and the disclosure says updates will be provided if relevant details emerge. No extortion claim had appeared on monitored dark-web portals as of writing.
WHY IT MATTERS
Ransomware that reaches business systems can disrupt operations and payment processing and requires external response and forensic work to determine the scope of data exposure and financial consequences.