US Marriott 2018 Hacking (Q16895)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Marriott 2018 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2018
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On Nov. 30, 2018, the worlds largest hotel chain issued an embarrassing notice that its servers were breached, leaving 500 million guest records in criminal wrong hands. With the help of internal and external forensics and analytics teams, Marriot now knows that the number of affected customers is lower albeit still high, by any standards. Working closely with its internal and external forensics and analytics investigation team, Marriott determined that the total number of guest records involved in this incident is less than the initial disclosure, Marriot says in the update, posted to its news center Friday. Also, the number of payment cards and passport numbers involved is a relatively small percentage of the overall total records involved, the hotel chain said. According to the updated (English)
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