Oct 30 (Reuters) – Britain’s information watchdog mentioned on Friday it has fined Marriott Worldwide 18.4 million kilos ($23.98 million) for failing to maintain clients’ private information safe, after a 2014 cyber assault on Starwood Motels and Resorts Worldwide affected 339 million visitor data.
The Data Commissioner’s Workplace (ICO) mentioned that the assault was from an unknown supply and remained undetected till September 2018, by which era the corporate had been purchased by Marriott. ($1 = 0.7673 kilos) (Reporting by Tanishaa Nadkar in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shailesh Kuber)
