Originally Posted by
maracle
It's fascinating to see SPG enthusiasts somehow blaming Marriott for the mess Starwood created. It seems like the merger is likely to have exposed a years long failure by Starwood to secure customer data.
In 2014 I had my Starwood account hacked and most of the points transferred to Etihad. I phoned them and the points were put back into a new account although no explanation was given so Starwood had to know they were breached even back then