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The Marriott breach of 2018 was one in which 383 million records and over 5 million passport numbers were stolen. The stolen records included names, dates of birth, credit card information, and home addresses. The breach was suspected to be due to a Chinese nation-state–funded attack in support of espionage efforts. It occurred due to three key causes:
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Daswani, N., Elbayadi, M. (2021). The Marriott Breach. In: Big Breaches. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6655-7_3
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