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British Airways and Marriott UK data protection fines deferred again as coronavirus shutdown hits business
2020-04-06 08:15

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has yet again postponed its £280m in fines against British Airways and Marriott Hotels for data leaks. The fines were handed to both companies following damaging and widely publicised digital break-ins affecting millions of people around the world.

Week in review: Zoom security, Marriott breach, MS SQL servers under attack
2020-04-05 07:55

Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affectedMarriott International has suffered a new data breach in mid-January 2020, which affected approximately 5.2 million guests. Are your MS SQL servers part of a cryptomining botnet? Check now!For the last two years or so, attackers have been infecting and reinfecting poorly secured MS SQL servers, booting other criminals' malware from them and exploiting their compute power to mine Vollar and Monero cryptocurrency.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Marriott Over New Data Breach
2020-04-02 19:03

Law firm Morgan & Morgan announced on Thursday that it has filed a class action lawsuit against Marriott over the recently disclosed data breach that has impacted as many as 5.2 million individuals. The complaint filed by Morgan & Morgan in the District of Maryland accuses Marriott of negligence, breach of contract, breach of confidence, and deceptive and unfair trade practices.

Marriott Was Hacked -- Again
2020-04-02 16:33

We may have to get the government involved to require certain standards to be met via some sort of security framework. The first thing you have to realise is a "Top down" approach to security does not work for a whole heap of reasons.

Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affected
2020-04-01 09:43

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 Hotels hacked AGAIN: Two compromised employee logins abused to siphon off 5.2m guests' personal info
2020-03-31 16:01

Marriott Hotels has suffered its second data spillage in as many years after an "Unexpected amount" of guests' data was accessed through two compromised employee logins, the under-fire chain has confirmed. The size of the latest data exposure has not been disclosed, though Marriott admitted it seemed to have started in January 2020 and was detected "At the end of February."

Marriott Hotels hacked AGAIN: Two compromised employee logins abused to siphon off guests' personal info
2020-03-31 16:01

Marriott Hotels has suffered its second data spillage in as many years after an "Unexpected amount" of guests' data was accessed through two compromised employee logins, the under-fire chain has confirmed. The size of the latest data exposure has not been disclosed, though Marriott admitted it seemed to have started in January 2020 and was detected "At the end of February."

Marriott International confirms data breach of up to 5.2 million guests
2020-03-31 15:41

Marriott International has today announced that it has suffered a data breach affecting up to 5.2 million people. When the breach was discovered at the end of February, Marriott International says it disabled those login credentials and began its investigation.

Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again
2020-03-31 15:14

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.

New Marriott Data Breach Impacts Up to 5.2 Million Guests
2020-03-31 14:26

Marriott on Tuesday disclosed a new data breach that could impact up to 5.2 million of its guests. Marriott says it has invalidated the compromised credentials, but the attackers may have obtained information on as many as 5.2 million individuals.