Security News > 2020 > March > Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again
For the second time in two years, the Marriott hotel empire has suffered a major data breach.
The stolen bounty includes everything cybercrooks would need to mount convincing spear-phishing campaigns: Full contact details; other personal data like company, gender and birthdays; Marriott's "Bonvoy" loyalty program account numbers and points balances; linked airline loyalty programs and numbers; and Marriott preferences such as stay/room preferences and language preferences.
It's the second breach that Marriott has faced in recent memory.
In 2019, the Information Commissioner's Office, which is the U.K.'s privacy watchdog, hit Marriott with a $123 million penalty under the auspices of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
MGM Grand Resorts reported in February that personal information for 10.6 million hotel guests was posted on a hacking forum, including names, home addresses, phone numbers, emails and dates of birth.
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