MARRIOTT GRAPPLES WITH SECURITY HACK

DATA ANALYSTS AND solicitors were quick to seize on Marriott’s data breach which has affected up to 500 million guests. Around ‘327 million’ members have had some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email, passport number, SPG account and personal information compromised. Marriott said only “some” had card numbers and expiration dates leaked.

Nick Wyatt, Head of Tourism at GlobalData, said: “Marriott cannot afford for this to happen again and so must now invest very heavily in improved detection and response-based technologies.”

Cathryn Culverhouse, a solicitor at law firm DMH Stallard, said: “Marriott is likely to be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office and could receive a hefty fine given the large scale breach of sensitive information.”

Marriott said it is devoting “necessary resources” to phasing out Starwood systems and boosting network security. For latest updates click on https://answers.kroll.com/