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Marriott International has been fined £18.4 million (US $23.8 million) for its failure to adequately protect the personal records 339 million guests.
The fine, imposed by UK data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is a massive 8… Continue reading Marriott data breach fine slashed to £18.4 million by UK regulator
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.
… Continue reading Marriott faces £99.2 million fine after hack exposed 393 million hotel guest records
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
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
This week, hijacking printers to promote a YouTube channel, fake iOS apps that steal money, Google patches 11 critical RCE Android Vulnerabilities, Marriott hack hits 500 million Starwood guests, and getting Pwned through an oscilloscope! Jason Wood fr… Continue reading YouTube, Marriott Hack, and “Iceman” – Hack Naked News #199
If ever there was a perfectly packaged case study on data breaches, it’s Marriott’s recently disclosed megabreach. Last week, the hotel chain announced that its Starwood guest reservation system was hacked in 2014—two years before Ma… Continue reading Marriott: The Case for Cybersecurity Due Diligence During M&A
A mammoth data breach was disclosed by hotel chain Marriott International today (30 Nov 18), with a massive 500 million customer records said to have been compromised by an “unauthorized party”.
The world’s largest hotel group launched an intern… Continue reading Marriott Hotels 4 Year Hack Impacts Half a Billion Guests!
The Marriott hotel empire’s Starwood guest reservation database has been subject to unauthorised access since 2014. Continue reading Huge Marriott breach puts 500 million victims at risk
The hackers had access to the impacted database since 2014. Continue reading 2014 Marriott Data Breach Exposed, 500M Guests Impacted
The Marriott Hotel chain announced Friday that information contained in a Starwood Hotels database was compromised, potentially affecting up to 500 million guests. The company has determined that hackers had unauthorized access on Starwood’s guest database dating back to 2014. Hackers copied and encrypted guest information, then “took steps towards removing it,” the company said. Marriott on Sept. 8 received an alert from a security tool indicating an outsider was trying to access Starwood’s guest reservation database. That alert was enough for the company to consult outside security experts, who ultimately determined that thieves had been inside the database for roughly four years. For roughly 327 million of the 500 million guests affected, hackers stole information including their name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date and communication preferences, the company said. Payment information also was compromised […]
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