Marriott Starwood data breach: hotel giant fined almost £100m for breaking privacy laws

Personal details of 339 million customers were stolen by hackers

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Hotel giant Marriott International has been fined almost £100m over a major cyberattack in which hacker accessed credit card details, passport numbers and other personal data belonging to a total of 339 million guests.

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