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Marriott to pay $52m fine for 300m customer data breaches
Marriott International has agreed to pay a $52 million fine for cyber-negligence resulting in data breaches affecting over 300 million of its customers worldwide, representing a fine of less than two cents per customer. The US Federal Trade Commission and attorney generals from 49 states ran parallel investigations into three data breaches which took place between 2014 and 2020. Cybercriminals were able to steal the passport information, payment card numbers, loyalty numbers, dates of birth, email addresses plus personal information from hundreds of millions of customers.
Exclusive: Banks face a growing physical security threat
Banks, traditionally the main target for cybercriminal groups, are now being attacked not only by new online hacking techniques but also by a growing range of physical hacking tools and techniques. While financial institutions have high levels of cybersecurity and strong physical security, they currently face a growing threat from combined physical and digital assaults. “Physical security and cybersecurity convergence in the business environment. A favorite weapon in the hacker arsenal is the Flipper Zero, an inexpensive pocketable device that enables you to hack into nearby smartphones and IT systems,” says Tim Grieveson, Senior Vice President of Global Cyber Risk, BitSight.