Names, email addresses, card info, and more was exposed for millions of people.
By now, you've probably heard about the recent Marriott data breach. It's a story that's been making the rounds like a crazy, as it should seeing as how it's one of the worst corporate data breaches to ever happen.
Whether you're a concerned Marriott customer or just want to stay informed about what's going on, here's everything you need to know.
What happened
On November 30, 2018, Marriott announced that a group of hackers obtained "unauthorized access" to the reservation system of its Starwood locations — a collection of hotels that the company purchased in 2016 which includes names like W Hotels, Sheraton, Westin, and St. Regis.
The hackers have had access to the system since 2014, but Marriot didn't find out until September 8, 2018, when it "received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database in the United States." Despite learning about this in September, an announcement wasn't made until today.
Here's what Marriot said in a press release:
The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property.
Of that 500 million, the following information was exposed for 327 million people:
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