500 million guests’ data compromised

Marriott has announced 500 million guests’ data may have been exposed during breaches in a reservation database that began in 2014. The “data security incident” hit the system for its Starwood portfolio, which includes Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire as well as London’s Park Lane Sheraton Grand, Westbury Mayfair and Le Meridien Piccadilly. Work is continuing but the firm said the breached database contains the information of up to half a billion guests who booked before September 10.