The Marriott Downtown Orlando hotel on March 8, 2006. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement, improve data security practices The actions will settle investigations into security failures that led to overlapping data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers. Oct 10, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
A Marriott Hotels sign November 30, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Marriott confirms latest data breach, possibly exposing information on hotel guests, employees The international hotel chain says criminal hackers tricked an employee into giving up access to a computer. Jul 5, 2022
Kevin Mandia speaks May 31, 2018, at the Cyber Threat Intelligence Forum presented by FireEye and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (Scoop News Group) As FireEye grapples with breach investigation, questions remain The cybersecurity community and Capitol Hill are watching closely. Dec 10, 2020 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) UK suit seeks compensation for Marriott data breach victims The plaintiff, a U.K. resident, is seeking unspecified damages. Aug 20, 2020 By Jeff Stone
Marriott said it detected the compromise at the end of February. (Getty Images) Marriott discloses data breach affecting 5.2 million guests It's the second significant security incident to hit the hospitality giant in the last 16 months. Mar 31, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Hyatt launches public bug bounty program It's one of the first bug bounty programs by a major hospitality brand. Jan 9, 2019 By Zaid Shoorbajee
The front of the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia. Marriott has revised the amount of people impacted by their data breach. (Getty) Marriott says 25 million passport numbers, some unencrypted, involved in massive breach The breach is the one of the largest ever reported and is under investigation by at least five U.S. states as well as European regulators. Jan 4, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Passport numbers stolen from Marriott provide scammers with another ID theft tool It's another piece of data that can be used to sell "fullz," or full stolen profiles used to commit identity theft. Dec 3, 2018 By Jeff Stone
(Getty) Securiosity: Welcome to breach week If you have recently gotten a cup of coffee from a Dunkin' Donuts inside a Marriott hotel, you're not gonna like this podcast. Nov 30, 2018 By cyberscoop_staff Jeff Stone
Marriott announces data breach impacting 500 million hotel guests The company has determined that hackers had unauthorized access on Starwood’s guest database dating back to 2014. Nov 30, 2018 By Jeff Stone