security
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Marriott Faces Sprawling Class-Action Lawsuit Over Hotel Reservation Data Breach
Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain operator, has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over the data breach now believed to affect more than 300 million people. The suit, brought by more than 150 past hotel guests, according to Vox, is at least the second to surface since the breach was disclosed in late November.
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Marriott Unsure How Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Guests Got Screwed By Data Breach
While downsizing the estimate of how many guests were impacted by the historic breach of its hotel reservation system, Marriott International on Friday announced that roughly 5.25 million unencrypted passport numbers are now among the sensitive data illegally obtained by hackers unknown.
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Dual UPnP-Chromecast Exploit Allows Hacker To Hijack Devices, Force Any YouTube Video To Play
Hackers have discovered a bug that allows attackers to seize control of Google’s Chromecast media streaming player, making it possible to force the device into “playing any YouTube video they want—including videos that are custom-made,” TechCrunch reported on Wednesday.
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Facebook: Giving Other Companies Access To Your Private Messages Actually Wasn’t A Big Deal
Having rounded out the year with yet another bombshell report from the New York Times about Facebook’s mishandling of user data, the beleaguered social media company is now hitting back at claims that it allowed its partners to view Facebook users’ private messages.