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Marriott's Starwood hack hits up to 500m guests

By Jim Finkle and Arjun Panchadar

Dec 1 2018 7:39AM

Attack began four years ago.

Marriott's Starwood hack hits up to 500m guests

Marriott International has revealed a massive compromise in which unknown hackers had access to the Starwood Hotels and Resorts network and reservations data since 2014, affecting up to 500 million people. The breach appears to affect any “guests who made a reservation at a Starwood ...

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