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Marriott Hit By Massive Data Breach, One Of Biggest Ever

Hank Berrien

On Friday morning, the Marriott Corporation acknowledged there had been a massive data security breach involving the Starwood guest reservation database that occurred on or before September 10, 2018 that dated as far back as 2014.

In a public notice, Marriott stated that it had decrypted information and determined that the contents were from the Starwood guest reservation database, involving approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property. The statement added:

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