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Marriott’s Latest Data Breach Impacts 5.2 Million Travelers

Cameron Sperance

Photo Credit: Marriott's latest data breach impacts as many as 5.2 million guests, but the hotel giant claims it did not entail sensitive information like credit card or passport details. Flickr / Elliott Brown

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While this latest data breach pales in comparison to the one Marriott faced in 2018, it likely won't help the hotel giant in rebuilding trust with guests who hand over personal information through the hotel giant's tech platforms.

The world’s largest hotel company has another data breach on its hands. Marriott International notified about 5.2 million guests Tuesday that their information was compromised through an app used to provide services at hotels. From mid-January of this year through the end of February, “an unexpected amount of guest information” was accessed through two employees’ login credentials

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