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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by naravara on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:51AM (#18569919)
The most valuable data is just necessary to do their business though. Our financial and identity information are the things we hold most dear, but that's also exactly what we need to exchange in order to engage in commerce.
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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by guitarbill on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:04AM (#18570018)
To a degree, yes, which is why it has to be secured properly, with state-of-the-art systems and engineering. I'd venture a guess to say this wasn't. But until we hold executives personally and retroactively responsible, nothing will change.
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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by cr1895 on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:14AM (#18570097)
But must it be kept indefinitely?
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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by mamon on Friday November 30, 2018 @07:03PM (#18573962)
Not indefinitely, but typicaly IRS or similar institution will require you to store all the transaction records for, say, 5 years. Which, from the purpose of hackers trying to steal your data is as good as "indefinitely".
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