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Benedict Collins

Marriott admits it wasn't using encryption before major 2018 hack

Marriott.

For five years, the Marriott hotel chain claimed that it had been using secure encryption when it was hit by an unprecedented data breach in 2018.

In a major revelation by Marriott attorneys, who have been pushing to have a court case against the company thrown out, have now revealed that a significantly less effective cryptographic method was in use at the time of the breach.

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