Marriott says 500 million Starwood guest records stolen in massive data breach

 

Marriott says 500 million Starwood guest records stolen in massive data breach

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Starwood Hotels has confirmed its hotel guest database of about 500 million customers has been stolen in a data breach. The breach occurred in 2014 but it was only identified last week. The cost of this breach will be massive: both with government levied fines and the qualitative loss of reputation.

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