Marriott Announces Starwood Guest Reservation Database ... | starwood marriott
Marriott hastakenmeasurestoinvestigateandaddressadatasecurityincidentinvolvingtheStarwoodguestreservationdatabase. OnNovember19,2018,theinvestigationdeterminedthattherewasunauthorizedaccesstothedatabase,whichcontainedguestinformationrelatingtoreservationsatStarwoodproperties*onorbeforeSeptember10,2018.OnSeptember8,2018,MarriottreceivedanalertfromaninternalsecuritytoolregardinganattempttoaccesstheStarwoodguestreservationdatabaseintheUnitedStates. Marriottquicklyengagedleadingsecurityexpertsto...
Marriott has taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database. On November 19, 2018, the investigation determined that there was unauthorized access to the database, which contained guest information relating to reservations at Starwood properties* on or before September 10, 2018.
On September 8, 2018, Marriott received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database in the United States. Marriott quickly engaged leading security experts to help determine what occurred. Marriott learned during the investigation that there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood network since 2014. The company recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it. On November 19, 2018, Marriott was able to decrypt the information ...