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 ...
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They have half a billion customers??
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I have no idea why companies keep such information online.
Starwood brands include: W Hotels, St. Regis, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Westin Hotels & Resorts, Element Hotels, Aloft Hotels, The Luxury Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Four Points by Sheraton and Design Hotels.
Well, I’m not one, thank God, but there’s the list.
Hmmm. Didn’t jackass brown and little dumbass stevie van zandt just make some sort of call about Marriot? That’s where I’d start because credit cards, plastic..............
We have been pushed into the information age without adequate safeguards. It’s almost impossible to function in today’s world without being tied into the thing. So, this cr@p has been forced upon us, whether we like it or not.
“there’s the list.”
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That’s a whole lotta hotels. I bet Marriot’s lawyers are slitting their wrist at the thought of how much in damages they’ll be paying out over this.
Crap... I managed to avoid those until this past May when I had to go to Puerto Rico for work. Everything was booked but the Sheraton Casino...which was nice....
Only good thing is the specific card I use for travel is only used for travel so I’ll know right away if anything is wrong with it. Still I should likely ask for a new one.
Marriot just combined their guest-points plans with Starwood properties plan this year. Wonder if this was discovered as part of that conversion process.
100 years ago...
“We have been pushed into the automotive age without adequate safeguards. It’s almost impossible to function in today’s world without being tied into the thing. So, this cr@p has been forced upon us, whether we like it or not.”
Great time to go cashless.
the kids laughed when I told them we NEVER gave our social security numbers out, in the good ol days....
“We have been pushed into the information age without adequate safeguards.”
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When I order something online and it asks if I want to store my CC payment info so “ordering is faster next time”, I always say “Thank you, no.”.
I don’t care if Domino’s stores my one-click EZ pizza favorite order on it’s server - I don’t care if someone finds out if I want extra cheese or not. But financial info? Nope.
More reason to stay at a Holiday Inn Express...................
What did Marriott know and when did it know it....
“We have been pushed into the automotive age without adequate safeguards.”
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That’s a non-sequitur apple v. oranges comparison.
I’m cashless every day!....................
“What did Marriott know and when did it know it....”
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Yeah, that’s a whole ‘nother problem - not letting people know ASAP.
I haven’t stayed in a hotel in many, many years.
No need to.
Nowhere to go.
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