Up to 5.2 Million Guests Affected in Marriott Breach | CoStar - 2 views
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Marriott International announced a data breach with a property system, in which loyalty and contact information could have been obtained for approximately 5.2 million guests.
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end of February 2020, the company identified that an unexpected amount of guest information may have been accessed using the login credentials of two employees at a franchise property. The company believes that this activity started in mid-January 2020.
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information involved included Marriott Bonvoy account passwords or PINs, payment card information, passport information, national IDs, or driver’s license numbers.
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This article proves that no matter how big a hotel is they can still encounter a target data breach. The fact that this data stealing went on for two months and affected 5.2 million guests. Also the data collected aside from fincial information, but the personal data makes it larger threat to guests. Adding a specific website will help some concerns.