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Choice Hotels International data breach

USUnited States · MD · Choice Hotels International, Inc.

Choice Hotels International (MD, United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the Texas Attorney General, the Indiana Attorney General and the California Attorney General of a data breach on 19 February 2026. It affected 24,115 people. Exposed: Social Security numbers and Names. The breach began on 14 January 2026, 36 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
24,115 people
Reported
19 February 2026
Breach began
14 January 2026
Time to tell
36 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

  • Social Security numbers
  • Names

What changed since it was first reported

  1. Confirmed breach, 24,115 people (Indiana Attorney General)

What the letter says

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Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, Texas, Indiana, California. · Corrections and changes

If Choice Hotels International had your data

  1. Look for Choice Hotels International, Inc.’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Choice Hotels International, Inc., your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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Earlier breaches at Choice Hotels International

From the official registers’ and Have I Been Pwned’s full histories. A name match: check the notice to be sure it is the same company.

  1. California Attorney General · began 1 June 2015
  2. Washington Attorney General · 1,684 Washington residents
  3. California Attorney General

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