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Marriott says 5.2 million guest records were stolen in another data breach

Hackers accessed knowledge on 5.2 million guests.
Hackers accessed data on 5.2 million guests.

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Author: Zack Whittaker

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Zack Whittaker has recently written 9 articles on similar topics including :
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  3. "DoorDash has confirmed a data breach. The food delivery company said in a blog post Thursday that 4.9 million customers, delivery workers and merchants had their information stolen by hackers". (September 26, 2019)
  4. "The budget airline had more than 28 million passengers in 2019". (May 19, 2020)
  5. "The data breach occurred almost a year ago, a statement said". (March 13, 2020)
  6. "Slack will reset the passwords of users it believes are affected by a historical data breach that affected the company more than four years ago. In 2015, the company said it was hit by hackers who gained access to its user profile database, including their scrambled passwords". (July 18, 2019)
  7. "Another clinical lab ensnared in the AMCA data breach has come forward". (July 17, 2019)
  8. "Current and former prisoners were notified of the breach on May 1". (May 9, 2020)
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