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Marriott International said Friday that up to 500 million guests' information may have been accessed as part of a data breach of its Starwood guest reservation database.
The world's largest hotel chain said it determined on Nov. 19 that an "unauthorized party" had accessed the database as early as 2014.
"The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property," the company said.
For about 327 million of the guests, the information includes some combination of a name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences.
For some, the information also includes payment card numbers and expiration dates, but those numbers were encrypted, the hotel chain said.
There are two components needed to decrypt the payment card numbers, and at this point, Marriott said it has not been able to rule out the possibility that both were stolen.
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Can't give anyone your info these days, it's almost expected to get it stolen.
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The world's largest hotel chain said it determined on Nov. 19 that an "unauthorized party" had accessed the database as early as 2014.
"The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property," the company said.
For about 327 million of the guests, the information includes some combination of a name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences.
For some, the information also includes payment card numbers and expiration dates, but those numbers were encrypted, the hotel chain said.
There are two components needed to decrypt the payment card numbers, and at this point, Marriott said it has not been able to rule out the possibility that both were stolen.
Src: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...0-million-guests-n942041?cid=eml_nbn_20181130
more Src: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/30/mar...ched-onapproximately-500-million-guests-.html
Can't give anyone your info these days, it's almost expected to get it stolen.
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