Marriott International announced on Friday that hackers had breached into the hotel’s guest database and that they have likely obtained data for about 500 million people. The group said in a statement Friday that the penetration began in 2014 and was only discovered on November 19, 2018. It explained that the database contained reservation details of up to 500 million guests, of which around 327 million records listed details including some combination of the person’s name, phone number and passport number among other things. For some the information also includes payment card numbers and payment card expiration dates, although the company said that data was encrypted, reported US magazine Politico. The company, which is working with law enforcement to investigate the breach, said it would begin emailing affected guests today.

Source: Egypt Independent December 01, 2018 09:45 UTC