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Marriott Says 5 Million Unencrypted Passport Numbers Part of Breach

Deanna Ting

Photo Credit: An alert on the SPG app for iOS telling members about a security breach. Marriott International recently reported one of the largest customer data security breaches in recent history, involving Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which the company bought in 2016 for $13.3 billion.  Skift

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In short: The data breach was not as bad as we originally thought, but it was still pretty bad, and fairly big.

Following the news of the massive, four-year data security breach on November 30, Marriott International provided new updates Friday that show that the breach, while far-reaching, was not as impactful as the hotel chain originally reported. Marriott initially reported that it estimated some 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property from 2014 to September 10, 2018 may have been impacted by the data breach. On Friday the company said it has identified approximately 383 million records that may have been compromised, but noted that the number of guests impacted is likely less than 383 million. In a statement, the company wrote: "This does not, however, mean that information about 383 million unique guests wa

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