More than one billion people were affected by the loss of personal data through 13 data breaches at 11 different companies in the past year, according to personal virtual private network service provider NordVPN.
The biggest breach of the year exposed the data of half a billion customers of the Marriott hotel group’s Starwood properties, including the St Regis, Westin, Sheraton, Aloft, Le Meridien, Four Points and W Hotel brands.
Marriott said hackers had broken into its booking system and accessed customer data over the past four years. Stolen data included customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, card numbers, passport numbers and even information about where and who they were traveling with.
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