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Marriott Hotel Duped By Social Engineering In An Embarrassing 20GB Data Breach

by Nathan Wasson - Wed, Jul 06, 2022

Last month, a ransomware gang known as ALPHV struck The Allison Inn & Spa, stealing employee and customer data. ALPHV then published this information to the open web, where it could be indexed by search engines and viewed without the use... Read more...

Marriott Pushes ‘Vacationing’ In Your Hotel Room With Samsung Gear VR-Fueled ‘Vroom Service’

by Joshua Gulick - Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Marriott is putting a new twist on room service by delivering Samsung Gear VR headsets to guests. The new “VRoom Service” features a VR headset and headphones, along with virtual reality travel videos. Fire up the VRoom Service headset and... Read more...

FCC Fines Smart City $750K For Blocking Wi-Fi Hotspots At Hotels And Convention Centers

by Brandon Hill - Tue, Aug 18, 2015

You would have thought that companies would have wised up after Marriott was caught using unlicensed jamming equipment in conference rooms to block the Wi-Fi hotspots of its paying customers. Predictably, when hotel patrons would complain... Read more...

Marriott Abandons Petition Seeking Permission To Block Wi-Fi Hotspots

by Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 31, 2015

Give Marriott International a half-hearted gold star for finally committing to leaving Wi-Fi hotspots alone. Bruce Hoffmeister, Global Chief Information Office for Marriott, issued a statement saying the hotel chain has decided to withdraw... Read more...

Although Marriott Closed Door On Wi-Fi Blocking Efforts, FCC Slaps On Deadbolt

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 28, 2015

After being hit with a $600,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission over its Wi-Fi blocking efforts, the Marriott International thought better of its ill-advised policy and vowed to no longer block guests from using their... Read more...

Marriott Pilot Program Brings Netflix, Hulu To Hotel Rooms

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 20, 2015

Up until last week, Marriott had the not-so-bright idea of blocking Wi-Fi devices in order to force travelers and conference attendees to pay for its high-speed Internet services, which in some cases could run as much as $1,000. Wiser heads prevailed -- a $600,000 fine by the FCC tends to do... Read more...

Marriott Wises Up, Drops Ridiculous Plan To Block Customers’ Wi-Fi Hotspots

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 15, 2015

It seems as though cooler heads have prevailed over at Marriott International. The hotel chain has decided to drop plans that would block customers from using their own personal Wi-Fi hotspots -- Internet services that they have already... Read more...

Hotels Seek FCC Approval To Block WiFi Hotspots, Google And Microsoft Have Your Back

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Dec 24, 2014

We’ve all encountered this issue. You check into your hotel room and attempt to connect to the complementary Wi-Fi network only to find that it’s slow as molasses, transporting you back to a time when a 56K modem was considered hot stuff... Read more...

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