Marriott’s massive data breach underscores the challenges companies face in securing systems that come via acquisitions. Names, email addresses, physical addresses, birthdates and passport numbers get exposed for up to 327 million individuals. The data breach has given rise to calls for stronger data protection legislation in the U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, says Congress should not accept the new trend of mega data breaches as normal. Due diligence has taken on new levels of complexity in the era of big data breaches, experts say.”]
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