{"id":736,"date":"2018-11-30T22:14:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T03:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/?p=736"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:16:56","slug":"marriott-breach-500-million-guests-data-exposed","status":"publish","type":"data-breaches","link":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/data-breaches\/marriott-breach-500-million-guests-data-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott Breach – 500 Million Guests\u2019 Data Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marriott\u2019s guest reservation system has been breached, exposing the personal information of approximately 500 million guests from over the past four years. DeleteMe can protect you from data breaches like this: we stop hackers from being able to obtain your personal information in the first place. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Who is a Victim of the Marriott Breach?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Hackers were able to access Marriott\u2019s Starwood guest reservation database, in turn exposing personal information like names, addresses, contact information, and travel information of guests who made reservations using their system before September 10, 2018. Some of the major Marriott chains impacted by the breach include St. Regis, Westin, Sheraton, and W Hotels.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation is still ongoing, but Marriott believes that <\/span>the hackers have had unauthorized access to the company\u2019s networks since 2014–terrifying.<\/b><\/p>\n

About 500 million people are thought to have been affected.<\/b> In <\/span>a statement released early Friday morning<\/a><\/strong>, Marriott said, \u201cFor approximately 327 million of these guests, the [breached] information includes some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date and communication preferences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Starwood has had Breaches in the Past<\/b><\/h2>\n

Brian Krebs<\/a><\/strong> (@briankrebs), a leading tech. security journalist, was quoted during an <\/span>interview with BBC<\/a><\/strong> (<\/span>11:12, full interview begins at 10:00)<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost every major hotel chain out there has been hacked over the last four or five years, and some of them more than once…If you have stayed at a hotel chain in the last four or five years, there\u2019s a very good chance–I don\u2019t care what brand it is–there\u2019s an extremely good chance that one of those chains has lost your information.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

How Identity Thieves use Info from Data Breaches like Marriott<\/b><\/h2>\n

After a data breach like this, <\/span>it\u2019s not only the hackers who could use your information<\/b>. They can also sell it to others who are looking to use your personal information for nefarious purposes like stealing your identity, harassment, or stalking. It\u2019s <\/span>crucial to remove the information that could be floating about you online<\/b>. This minimizes the chances of cyber criminals (or anyone) being able to find information about you, and steal your identity from the pieces of information that they can find (and buy) about you online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Data broker websites make your personal info public when others search for it, and sell in-depth profiles of you and your family to buyers at prices ranging from $0.99 to $50. <\/span><\/p>\n