Data Breaches: Marriot Hotel Chain Reports 200,000 Customer Records Missing

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Data Breaches: Marriot Hotel Chain Reports 200,000 Customer Records Missing

12-29-2005, 03:42 PM,

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Data Breaches: Marriot Hotel Chain Reports 200,000 Customer Records Missing

According to the article, the missing data includes Social Security numbers, as well as bank and credit card numbers.

Quote:In the latest of several high-profile cases of database breaches that could be connected to identity theft, the timeshare unit of hotel giant Marriott International says it can't find computer backup tapes containing personal data of more than 200,000 customers and employees. Marriot Vacation Club International set out to notify those potentially affected.

In addition to searching for ways to protect Internet-connected networks from hacker attacks, companies are scrambling to prevent the pilfering of sensitive records by their own employees. Insider identity theft will be a major trend in 2006, Joseph Ansanelli, CEO of data security firm Vontu, recently predicted.

full article: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...oard=176.0

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