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title: "What the Marriott Breach Says About Security"
url: "https://www.jbbres.com/blog/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/"
type: "post"
published: "2018-12-02"
topics: ["Cyber Security"]
author: "Jean-Baptiste Bres"
language: "en-AU"
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# What the Marriott Breach Says About Security

Post by Jean-Baptiste Bres, published on 2 December 2018.

> Note: this post was published on 2 December 2018 and may be out of date.

Marriott disclosed earlier this week a four-year-long breach. It involved the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of some of its hotel properties.

What could have gone so wrong that such a breach remained unnoticed for so long? [This great article](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/12/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/) shares some considerations around the security postures that companies take on, and why they work... or not.

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Source: https://www.jbbres.com/blog/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/ – Jean-Baptiste Bres