Marriott Reveals Massive Customer Data Breach

CNBC reports:

Marriott International said on Friday that a guest reservation database of its Starwood Hotel brand was breached, potentially exposing information on about 500 million guests.

The company said its investigation showed that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and that there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood network since 2014. The company said it had taken steps to rectify the situation.

For about 327 million of these guests, the information includes some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender among other personal details, Marriott said.

Marriott says a data breach in its Starwood reservations system may have affected up to 500 million guests since 2014 https://t.co/YmKkEuXsL7

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 30, 2018

Marriott values our guests and understands the importance of protecting personal information. For more information on the Starwood guest reservation database security incident, please visit https://t.co/NWd6Dg2oOQ.

— Marriott Internat’l (@MarriottIntl) November 30, 2018