Bug Bytes for January 4: More from Marriott, election security, and the biggest breaches of 2018

Published

2019-01-05 00:00

Collected

2026-07-04 06:12

---
id: 2275
title: "Bug Bytes for January 4: More from Marriott, election security, and the biggest breaches of 2018"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bytes-for-january-4-more-from-marriott-election-security-and-the-biggest-breaches-of-2018/"
published_at: "2019-01-05T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "malware", "data-breach", "election-security", "news-roundup", "marriott", "germany", "bug-bytes", "weekly-roundup", "cleanmymac"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2275"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bytes for January 4: More from Marriott, election security, and the biggest breaches of 2018

## Summary

The first 2019 Bug Bytes recaps Germany's Linke party hack, malware disrupting LA Times printing, Marriott's 383-million-record breach, and a US election security bill proposing a bug bounty.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2019-01-05T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bytes-for-january-4-more-from-marriott-election-security-and-the-biggest-breaches-of-2018/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2275