Hotel giant Marriott International suffered a data breach after an unknown person gained access to information about certain Marriott associates by accessing the network of an outside vendor formerly used by Marriott.
Marriott immediately confirmed that the vendor was taking appropriate to steps to investigate the incident.
The vendor reported that it was working with a forensic firm and had notified law enforcement.
This incident did not impact the security of Marriott’s internal HR systems or platforms.
The information in the document received by this vendor that contains your information includes your name, address, and Social Security number.
Marriott hired a third-party security firm to investigate the incident and notified the affected individuals.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/marriott-notifies-associates-of-breach-at-unnamed-vendor/
"id": "MAR81730423",
"linkid": "marriott-international",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"