Marriott’s Starwood database hacked, 500 million may be affected
Marriott International said on Friday that hackers accessed about 500 million records in its Starwood Hotels reservation system in an attack that began four years ago, exposing personal data of customers including some payment card numbers.
Shares fell 5 percent after disclosure of the hack, one of the largest in history, which prompted regulators in Britain and at least three US states to announce plans to look into the attack.
The hack began in 2014, before Marriott offered to buy Starwood for $12.2 billion in…