Marriott’s Starwood Missed Chance to Detect Huge Data Breach Years Earlier, Cybersecurity Specialists Say
Attack in 2015 could have prompted hotel operator to investigate and find hackers who lurked in its computer system, experts say
Marriott International Inc. says it responded quickly when it learned in recent weeks of a colossal theft of customer data. But cybersecurity specialists say the company missed a significant chance to halt the breach years earlier.
Marriott on Friday said the hack of the reservation database for its Starwood properties, which involved the theft of personal information on up to 500 million customers, began in 2014 and went undetected until this September.
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