On Friday morning, the Marriott hotel chain disclosed that its Starwood reservation system had experienced one of the largest data breaches of all time. By Friday afternoon, a class action lawsuit was already filed in a U. S. District Court.
On Friday morning, the Marriott hotel chain disclosed that its Starwood reservation system had experienced one of the largest data breaches of all time. By Friday afternoon, a class action lawsuit was already filed in a U. S. District Court.
Law firm Morgan & Morgan has asked a court in Maryland to grant a class action trial by jury accusing Marriott International Inc of negligence, breach of confidence, and deceptive and unfair trade practices. In a statement to Gizmodo, John Yanchunis, an attorney for the firm, told us:
The hotel giant claims it’s still reviewing the extent of the breach to its system, but in a filing with the SEC it estimated that it exposed the personal information of around 500 million guests.
