Security News > 2022 > July > Marriott Hotels admits to third data breach in 4 years
Marriott Hotels has leaked data to attackers again and this time the culprits made off with 20GB of information, which reportedly included credit card info and internal company documents.
The unnamed group behind the attack contacted privacy news site DataBreaches to share the news that it broke into a server at the Marriott hotel at Boston/Washington International Airport in Maryland late last month.
According to statements that Marriott made to DataBreaches, the attackers used social engineering to access a single employee's computer.
Marriott said they have no evidence the criminals accessed files beyond what the person they tricked had access to, and said they contained the breach within six hours.
Marriott said it has to notify between 300 and 400 people, both guests and employees, due to the breach.
The Register has contacted Marriott to learn more, but have yet to receive a reply.
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