Marriott hacked AGAIN – Millions of guests’ data accessed by hackers

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Marriott International has been hacked again and this time millions of customer data has been stolen just like in 2018.
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Marriott International discloses its second security incident affecting 5.2 million guests

A security breach has exposed the personal information of more than 5 million guests that found comfort at the Marriott Bonvoy Hotel, according to an incident notification issued by Marriott yesterday. What Happened? In a statement, the company said gu… Continue reading Marriott International discloses its second security incident affecting 5.2 million guests

Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affected

Marriott International has suffered a new data breach in mid-January 2020, which affected approximately 5.2 million guests. What information was compromised? According to the incident notification published on Tuesday, the attackers got into an applica… Continue reading Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affected

Marriott discloses data breach affecting 5.2 million guests

Marriott International on Tuesday revealed a data breach affecting an estimated 5.2 million hotel guests, the second significant security incident to hit the hospitality giant in the last 16 months. The breach exposed guests’ personal information such as names, addresses, employer, and loyalty account numbers, the company said in a statement. The login credentials of two Marriott employees were used to access guest information in activity that began in mid-January, the statement said. Marriott said it detected the compromise at the end of February and confirmed the credentials had been disabled. “[W]e currently have no reason to believe that the information involved included Marriott Bonvoy account passwords or PINs, payment card information, passport information, national IDs, or driver’s license numbers,” Marriott said. An investigation is ongoing. Hotel chains are a natural target for both criminals looking to sell guests’ personal information and spies looking to track government officials. In November […]

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Cyber Security Roundup for July 2019

July was a month of mega data privacy fines. The UK Information Commissioners Office (ICO) announced it intended to fine British Airways £183 million for last September’s data breach, where half a million BA customer personal records were compromi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for July 2019

Marriott faces £99.2 million fine after hack exposed 393 million hotel guest records

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC) has announced its intention to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2 million (US $123 million) for a data breach that exposed the personal details of hundreds of millions of guests.
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