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M&A Cybersecurity: Lessons from the Marriott Breach
The new year is a time of reflection and learning from the mistakes of the past. For many organizations, that means re-evaluating their security posture and making improvements—whether they experienced a breach ...
Marriott lowers estimate of customers affected by breach to 383 million, says 8.6 million encrypted payment cards involved
Following last year’s disclosure that hackers breached its systems, Marriot has released an update on the number of affected customers, the type of data that was leaked, as well as some changes ...

Why other Hotel Chains could Fall Victim to a ‘Marriott-style’ Data Breach
A guest article authored by Bernard Parsons, CEO, BecryptWhilst I am sure more details behind the Marriott data breach will slowly come to light over the coming months, there is already plenty ...

Marriott: The Case for Cybersecurity Due Diligence During M&A
If ever there was a perfectly packaged case study on data breaches, it’s Marriott’s recently disclosed megabreach. Last week, the hotel chain announced that its Starwood guest reservation system was hacked in ...

Marriott Hotels 4 Year Hack Impacts Half a Billion Guests!
A mammoth data breach was disclosed by hotel chain Marriott International today (30 Nov 18), with a massive 500 million customer records said to have been compromised by an "unauthorized party". The ...

Marriott Reveals Security Incident Involving Starwood Reservation Database
Marriott announced that it recently detected and addressed a security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database. On 30 November, Marriott revealed that an internal investigation had found evidence of unauthorized access ...