Marriott Data Breach is traced to Chinese hackers as U.S. readies crackdown on Beijing

New York Times Dec. 11, 2018

From the first revelation that the Marriott’s computer systems had been breached, there was widespread suspicion that the hacking was part of a broad spy campaign to amass Americans’ personal data.CreditCreditScott Olson/Getty Images

By David E. SangerNicole PerlrothGlenn Thrush and Alan Rappeport 

WASHINGTON — The cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected personal details of roughly 500 million guests was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort that also hacked health insurers and the security clearance files of millions more Americans, according to two people briefed on the investigation.

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