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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 … Continue reading Marriott faces £99.2 million fine after hack exposed 393 million hotel guest records
The data breach fine against Marriott by the Information Commissioner’s Office comes a day after British Airways was also penalized. Continue reading Marriott Hit With $123M Fine For Massive 2018 Data Breach
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for March 18th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Equifax and Marriott data breach updates, facial recognition coming to 20 US airports, and the Citrix password spraying attack. Prote… Continue reading Equifax and Marriott Data Breach Updates, Facial Recognition at the Airport, Citrix Password Spraying Attack
Last Thursday, Equifax CEO Mark Begor and Arne Sorenson, the CEO of Marriott International, appeared before a US Senate subcommittee to testify about the massive data breaches their companies have suffered. While Begor’s statement was more about … Continue reading Marriott CEO reveals more details about the massive data breach
Time and again, Equifax disregarded warning signs of security vulnerabilities in its IT network, displaying a clear sign of “negligence,” before and after the 2017 data breach, concluded a report by a US Senate subcommittee on Homeland Secu… Continue reading US Senate to Take Legal Steps to Prevent a Repeat of Equifax, Marriot Security Negligence
The massive data breach incurred by Marriott in November 2018 has cost the world’s biggest hotel chain only a scant $3 million so far, after the company’s insurer covered most of the costs associated with the hack. Marriott’s earnings… Continue reading Marriott data breach cost the hotel chain only $3 million in net expenses (so far)
The new year is a time of reflection and learning from the mistakes of the past. For many organizations, that means re-evaluating their security posture and making improvements—whether they experienced a breach themselves or watched one of the many he… Continue reading M&A Cybersecurity: Lessons from the Marriott Breach
Global hospitality chain Hyatt Hotels announced Wednesday that it’s launching a public bug bounty program through HackerOne, offering monetary prizes for security researchers to probe its websites and apps for leaky features and vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers. The company is now looking to crowdsource vulnerability testing from of a field of ethical hackers through HackerOne’s platform. Covered in the bug bounty program are the websites Hyatt.com, m.hyatt.com, world.hyatt.com and Hyatt’s Android and iOS apps. “At Hyatt, protecting guest and customer information is our top priority and launching this program represents an important step that furthers our goal of keeping our guests safe every day,” Benjamin Vaughn, Hyatt’s chief information security officer, in a press release. Hyatt’s bounties range from $300 to $4,000, based on the severity of bugs security researchers discover. The participants, of course, have to agree to ethical hacking terms like not collecting personally identifiable […]
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Following last year’s disclosure that hackers breached its systems, Marriot has released an update on the number of affected customers, the type of data that was leaked, as well as some changes to its practices and policies. On Nov. 30, 2018, the… Continue reading Marriott lowers estimate of customers affected by breach to 383 million, says 8.6 million encrypted payment cards involved
The hotel giant said after de-duping, the breach appears to be smaller than it thought. Continue reading Marriott Revises Breach Scope to 383M Records