Bloomberg Law
Nov. 30, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

Marriott Data Breach Target of New York, Illinois State Probes

Daniel R. Stoller
Daniel R. Stoller
Senior Legal Editor

Marriott International Inc.'s global data breach that impacted about 500 million guests will go under the spotlight of two states’ top law enforcement agencies.

New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood (D) announced in a Nov. 30 tweet that the state has opened an investigation the Marriott data breach. “New Yorkers deserve to know that their personal information will be protected,” she wrote.

Illinois is also investigating Marriott for the data security incident, Maura Possley, communications director for the state attorney general’s office, told Bloomberg Law in an email.

Marriott discovered the security breach Nov. 19 that hit reservation information ...

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