Marriott Shares New Details About Hacked Starwood Accounts
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Data from Marriott suggest that its 2018 breach wasn't as massive as originally feared — but the hack still affected over 300 million records.
Marriott's data breach from late last year wasn't as bad as originally feared, the company confirmed Friday, but it was still unprecedented.
According to the massive hotel group, the number of records affected by the breach is probably closer to 383 million, rather than the originally thumbnailed 500 million. Furthermore, many of those records are from the same guests, so it's likely that the number of affected travelers is significantly lower.
Additionally, Marriott revealed that it likely exposed some 20 million encrypted and 5 million unencrypted passport numbers as well as over 8 million payment cards — though only 2,000 of those numbers were unencrypted.
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