Starwood/Marriott Data Breach 500 Million Guests affected, Marriott fined £18.4m
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300758155.html Sorry mods I originally posted this in the Marriot sub form. This appears to be a big deal.We have a call center now that should be really responsive at least.
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Thta´s why I do not trust outsiders, my phone or any apps to store my CC or passport information. Makes life a little easier, until it makes it so much more difficult.
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You have to be kidding me.
info.starwoodhotels.com I have had to replace 3 Amex cards this year due to being compromised. Well done Marriott, keep up the good job. :mad: Now I have to wait for the email saying I was part of the millions. |
Only 325 Million is guest stays have their passport info compromised. Everyone should go ahead and change their passport numbers now to be safe. At least credit card data appears to be safe here.
Would love for some tech experts to opine on this but so far it sounds like someone has had a backdoor in the SPG system for a long while not sure if 2014 or if they were just able to access data back to 2014. They became aware POST integration so it would suggest that they have legacy Marriott user data as well? |
ARNE Should resign. He has simply failed to deliver in this MERGER. Someone is going to sue the .... out of Marriott over this. Total cost to Marriott is going to be Material.
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Originally Posted by ucfjoe
(Post 30483006)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300758155.html
Sorry mods I originally posted this in the Marriot sub form. This appears to be a big deal. The value of all such information in the hands of questionable actors -- be they run-of-the-mill criminals, organized, international crime syndicates, or governmental actors -- is rather substantial, even if all the stored bank card data has not all been compromised.
Originally Posted by ucfjoe
(Post 30483028)
Only 325 Million is guest stays have their passport info compromised. Everyone should go ahead and change their passport numbers now to be safe. At least credit card data appears to be safe here.
Would love for some tech experts to opine on this but so far it sounds like someone has had a backdoor in the SPG system for a long while not sure if 2014 or if they were just able to access data back to 2014. They became aware POST integration so it would suggest that they have legacy Marriott user data as well? |
FFS. I said just a month ago that the total lack of quality assurance made it likely that a major data breach was likely in the near future. They have singularly failed in conducting due diligence to serve and protect their customers.
Edit: Though it does appear this may have partially pre-dated the merger. |
Credit card data is the least important IMHO. That’s the easiest to fix. Passport number not so much. Somewhat ironically, what seemed to trigger them knowing was the hackers trying to encrypt the data they were stealing. Given the length of the hack and clearly how well it was set up this doesn’t sound like just some teenager in his parents garage doing it for fun.
I was being a little funny earlier. This is a HUGE deal. As a shareholder I regret not selling a few weeks ago which I was really close to doing. Premarket stock is down over 5% as of now. |
Originally Posted by EuropeanPete
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FFS. I said just a month ago that the total lack of quality assurance made it likely that a major data breach was likely in the near future. They have singularly failed in conducting due diligence to serve and protect their customers.
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Some additional detail from Business Insider. My bolding.
Marriott announced on Friday that it had "taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident" that stemmed from its Starwood guest authorization database. The company said it believes that around 500 million people's information was accessed, including an unspecified number who had their credit card details taken. It affects customers who made bookings on or before September 10, 2018. |
Originally Posted by MePlatPremier
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This data breach has been going on since 2014, so it’s not related to the merger or even the acquisition. And it does not affect Marriott’s booking platform, only SPG’s. |
Originally Posted by MePlatPremier
(Post 30483054)
This data breach has been going on since 2014, so it’s not related to the merger or even the acquisition. And it does not affect Marriott’s booking platform, only SPG’s. If Marriott weren't so busy rushing to squeeze customers via the rushed integration related to the merger/acquisition, perhaps the company would have caught this mess sooner and the boondoggle wouldn't have been as bad as it had become. |
I wonder if the post merger troubles led to this issue being identified. |
Wow, what's going to happen in the EU with their strict new GDRP rules? Or as this predates that law will they get out of it?
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
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It's been going on during the acquisition and even after the acquisition. It's even been going on as of a couple of months ago.
If Marriott weren't so busy rushing to squeeze customers via the rushed integration related to the merger/acquisition, perhaps the company would have caught this mess sooner and the boondoggle wouldn't have been as bad as it had become. |
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