Marriott Suffers Second Breach Exposing Data of 5.2 Million Hotel Guests

The Marriott International Hotel Network today announced data breach of 5.2 million guests, resulting in a second attempt to kill the company in recent years.
"At the end of February 2020, we will determine which visitor information will be obtained using two police credentials," Marriott said.

"We believe this work will begin in mid-January 2020. As a result, we have confirmed that the awards have been obtained, are being inspected, and are being monitored, and preparing resources to clarify and helping guests. "

The activity displayed personal information for visitors, such as contact information (name, mailing address, email address and telephone number), account information (billing address and number of points), and additional information such as by company, gender, day. birth, room temperature and language preferences.

The navigation agency said the investigation into the breach was ongoing, but found no evidence that Marriott Bonvoy's account, password, or credit card information had been obtained. passport, national identification, or driver's license number completed.

Marriott has also set up a web-based service for visitors to check if their information has been compromised and the content of the content has been published. Offensive users are also given the opportunity to sign up for Identity, a more personalized 1-year monitoring service.
The company has taken steps to clear the privacy of members of Marriott Bonvoy, who published information in the event of an accident and will explain their changes the next time they enter. them, they are requested in order to enable multi-purpose authentication.
The accident resulted in the payment of a record of Starwood Hotel Reserves in 2014 acquired by Marriott in 2016. The breach, which resulted in personal data of more than 339 million Visitors around the world, unavailable until November 2018, will receive a $ 99 million (US $ 123 million) grant from the British Foreign Office. according to the law of GDP

"The variety of information presented in Marriott's latest sentence may not be beneficial, but it is the nature of this understanding that allows real estate agents to target consumers," said Gerrit Lansing, CTO of STEALTHbits , told Hacker News in an email today.
"It's simple: the more I know you, the greater my chance of being deceived. Certified credentials remain one of the key agents for this type of authenticity, with a validity in advance." adding additional information is one of the best barriers. "