Security News > 2020 > April > 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.

"Although our investigation is ongoing, we 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 International stated.

Marriott International 2020 data breach: Potential consequences.

"Because employer affiliation is also exposed here, again, we can expect to see an uptick of attacks of this kind against the businesses whose employees' data were compromised here. What's been exposed here is data that enables certain kinds of attacks, as well as a list of companies those attacks can be directed toward. This illustrates exactly why it's so important for all companies to understand and monitor for exposed data - when other companies have breaches, that exposed data makes future breaches of other companies more likely, and so on."

In July 2019 the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced its intention to fine Marriott International a little over £99 million for infringements of the GDPR, but the final decision has yet to be made.

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