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Marriott Hit by Massive Data Breach: 500 Million Starwood Customers Impacted
security week ^ | 11/30/2018 | Mike Lennon

Posted on 11/30/2018 7:47:03 AM PST by bitt

Marriott International said early Friday that data on roughly 500 million customers staying at Starwood hotel properties had been compromised in a breach that gave unknown attackers access to the Starwood network since 2014.

The company said it has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property.

The hotel giant said that on September 8, 2018, it received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database. The company said it “quickly engaged leading security experts” to conduct an investigation, which found that there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood network since 2014.

“Marriott recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it. On November 19, 2018, Marriott was able to decrypt the information and determined that it was from the Starwood guest reservation database,” the company said in a breach disclosure.

(Excerpt) Read more at securityweek.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014; cybersecurity; databreach; hack; hacking; marriott; marriottdatabreach; searchworks; securitybreach; starwood
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To: Red Badger

“I’m cashless every day!”

We po’ folks were way ahead of the curve!


21 posted on 11/30/2018 8:16:18 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Red Badger

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>> “I’m cashless every day!” <<

You’d be better off if you were cardless!


22 posted on 11/30/2018 8:17:13 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: wally_bert

“Nowhere to go.”

That’s odd. I have a lot of people telling me where to go...
:D


23 posted on 11/30/2018 8:17:44 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

I’ve been cashless for most of my life!......................


24 posted on 11/30/2018 8:19:12 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: bitt

Now anyone will know I was with my mistress while staying at the Marriott.....


25 posted on 11/30/2018 8:21:00 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Red Badger

“I’ve been cashless for most of my life!.”

I been dirt poor and I been reasonably well-off. Though I’m happy either way, being reasonably well off is the nicer of the two - usually.


26 posted on 11/30/2018 8:33:52 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

I get that response sometimes.

Sure there are places I would like to go but I can’t see it for years to come.


27 posted on 11/30/2018 9:13:50 AM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: LouieFisk

Same here.


28 posted on 11/30/2018 9:16:16 AM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: reed13k

A friend recently returned from Europe. When she tried to purchase something (food) with her credit card the purchase was disallowed. All her other cards, which she had not taken to EU, were also blocked. Occurred a couple days ago so I don’t know the follow up information.

Save your cash folks


29 posted on 11/30/2018 9:17:05 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: bitt

What do we pay the damn ‘intelligence services’ for? Do they do anything other than play cowboys and Indians with Russians ... then do political ‘leaks’ to the jerks at the Washington Post?

How about they get off their butts and start protecting the country from cyber attacks? Earn their damn pay for once. Come on NSA, CIA, FBI and the other 17 ‘intelligence’ sinecure groups - do your job - protect the country from cyber attacks...


30 posted on 11/30/2018 9:41:08 AM PST by GOPJ (Watch for our survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE-dead)
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To: alancarp
They have half a billion customers??

Well, not all at once...

31 posted on 11/30/2018 9:46:51 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: minnesota_bound
Now anyone will know I was with my mistress while staying at the Marriott.....

I think many of us stayed with her. Did she say you were the only one? She says that to everybody!

32 posted on 11/30/2018 9:53:17 AM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: LouieFisk

“I bet Marriot’s lawyers are slitting their wrist at the thought of how much in damages they’ll be paying out over this.”

I wouldn’t bet on it. I’ve been the victim of multiple large scale hacks and the only “compensation” i’ve received is lame a$$ credit monitoring (for a limited period of time).

I put a freeze on my credit years ago after it was obvious there was zero security and zero accountability.


33 posted on 11/30/2018 10:35:32 AM PST by utax
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To: SamAdams76

Jackie Chan was the other. He called her #9 as he never asked for her name....


34 posted on 11/30/2018 1:13:17 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Cold Heart

My credit went to India once and bought a tank of gas. Lol. The credit card company called me ASAP and asked if it was me. Told them no and they sent me a new card.


35 posted on 11/30/2018 3:39:56 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: bitt

Crap! We spend 2017 Christmas week at the Sheraton Waikiki. Don’t guess there is anything specific that I can do except watch my credit card on a daily basis. :<((((


36 posted on 11/30/2018 4:14:36 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

You can probably ask your CC provider to issue a new card with a new number.


37 posted on 11/30/2018 4:16:35 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: palmer

500 MILLION new cards to be issued to customers is a big job.

Even the postage will be around $250,000.


38 posted on 12/01/2018 4:40:33 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Sure, but the other 499,999,999 people aren’t relevant. You need a new card and can ask your provider for one. About 5 years ago one of my card numbers was hacked from some website that I used (no idea which, I used it a llot of places). My CC company figured it out themselves, stopped all the bad charges and sent me a new card with a new number on it without my lifting a finger. In your case you are going have to ask them for it.


39 posted on 12/01/2018 5:16:07 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: bitt

everything from your credit card numbers to your passport data.


40 posted on 12/03/2018 3:38:18 PM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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