THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN MARRIOTT HACK: PASSPORT NUMBERS

Politico on 3rd December reported that the Marriott data breach exposed sensitive information on some 500 million people, but the most valuable loot may be hundreds of thousands of passport numbers revealed in the hack.  It says that passport theft increases the chance of identity theft and other sorts of fraud.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/biggest-prize-in-the-marriott-hack-passport-numbers-1003253

Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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