US Customers Sue Marriott After Data Breach Affected 500 Million Guests
The lawsuits against Marriott were filed in the US state of Oregon and Maryland.
After customers in the US sued global hotel chain Marriott for exposing their data with one class-action lawsuit seeking $12.5 billion in damages, cyber security experts today asked nearly 500 million affected customers globally to change passwords and take other precautions.
According to a report in ZDNet on Monday, the lawsuits were filed in the US state of Oregon and Maryland.
"While plaintiffs in the Maryland lawsuit didn't specify the amount of damages they were seeking from Marriott, the plaintiffs in the Oregon lawsuit want $12.5 billion in costs and losses," said the report.
Marriott International on November 30 revealed that its guest reservation system was hacked, exposing the personal information of approximately 500 million guests.
According to cyber security experts, questions need to be asked as to how 500 million guests have been affected by this data breach.
