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Marriott settles with FTC, to pay $52 million over data breaches
2024-10-10 18:57

Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels will pay $52 million and create a comprehensive information security program as part of settlements for data breaches that impacted over...

Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions
2024-10-09 21:08

Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data...

Marriott confirms another data breach after hotel got hacked
2022-07-06 16:52

Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor breached one of its properties and stole 20GB of files. "The threat actor used social engineering to trick one associate at a single Marriott hotel into providing access to the associate's computer. The threat actor did not impersonate any Marriott vendor."

Marriott hit by new data breach and a failed extortion attempt
2022-07-06 16:52

Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor breached one of its properties and stole 20GB of files. "The threat actor used social engineering to trick one associate at a single Marriott hotel into providing access to the associate's computer. The threat actor did not impersonate any Marriott vendor."

Marriott confirms data breach and a failed extortion attempt
2022-07-06 16:52

Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor breached one of its properties and stole 20GB of files. "The threat actor used social engineering to trick one associate at a single Marriott hotel into providing access to the associate's computer. The threat actor did not impersonate any Marriott vendor."

Marriott Hotels admits to third data breach in 4 years
2022-07-06 14:00

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.

Britain Fines US Hotel Chain Marriott Over Data Breach
2020-10-30 14:39

Britain's data privacy watchdog on Friday said it has fined US hotels group Marriott over a data breach affecting millions of customers worldwide. The UK Information Commissioner's Office said in a statement it fined Marriott £18.4 million for breaches of data that included personal information such as passport numbers since March 2018.

Marriott fined £0.05 for each of the 339 million hotel guests whose data crooks were stealing for four years
2020-10-30 14:08

Your name, address, phone number, email address, passport number, date of birth, and sex are worth just £0.05 in the eyes of the UK Information Commissioner's Office, which has fined Marriott £18.4m after 339 million people's data was stolen from the hotel chain. Within the exposed data were 5.25 million guests' passport numbers, stored without encryption, as well as 18.5 million encrypted passport numbers and 9.1 million encrypted credit card numbers.

UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat
2020-08-05 11:25

British Airways expects the fine for its 2018 credit card data leak to be just 10.8 per cent of the £183m proposed by the UK data watchdog - while US hotel chain Marriott has both halved and kicked its own data blunder punishment into the long grass once again, The Register can reveal. Marriott has secured an extension for fine negotiations to 30 September, having secured two already; one from January to 31 March and a second that ran through May. On top of that, the company set aside $65m to cover its proposed fine, down from the Information Commissioner's original intention to impose a £99m penalty.

Why the Latest Marriott Breach Should Make Us "Stop and Think" About Security Behaviors
2020-04-07 07:07

Marriott International has experienced their second data breach