---
id: 2292
title: "Marriott Breach: What Makes it Unique & What to do Next"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/marriott-breach-what-makes-it-unique-what-to-do-next/"
published_at: "2018-11-30T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["casey-ellis", "data-breach", "identity-theft", "marriott", "starwood", "passport-data", "opm"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2292"
lang: en
---

# Marriott Breach: What Makes it Unique & What to do Next

## Summary

Marriott's Starwood database breach exposed 500 million guests' data including passports, an identity-fraud risk comparable to OPM 2015; key advice: credit monitoring, password managers and 2FA.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-11-30T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/marriott-breach-what-makes-it-unique-what-to-do-next/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2292