700K Guest Records Stolen in Choice Hotels Breach

Cybercriminals reportedly stole the information from an exposed MongoDB database on a third-party server. Hotel franchisor Choice Hotels has confirmed a breach in which attackers stole 700,000 guest records from a publicly available MongoDB database without a password or any authentication. The unsecured server, which the hotel chain says belonged to a third-party vendor, contained
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Massive Starwood Hotels Breach Hits 500 Million Guests

Among the unknowns: who is behind the breach and how many of the affected records have been sold or used by criminals. This is a developing story. Please check Dark Reading for updates. More than 500 million guests of Starwood Hotels had their personal information exposed in a breach that stretched from 2014 until this
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First Lawsuits Filed in Starwood Hotels’ Breach

Class-action suits have been filed on behalf of guests and shareholders, with more expected. Legal fallout from the massive Starwood Hotels reservation breach reported last week has begun, with class-action suits filed on behalf of both guests and investors. On Friday, Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, with co-counsel Morgan & Morgan, filed a class-action suit against
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