Marriott Hotels will pay a $52 million penalty to Oregon and 49 other states to settle allegations that it failed to detect a gaping vulnerability in its Starwood database from 2016 to 2018, which allowed hackers to access 131.5 million customers files, including 1.6 million booking records in Oregon.

Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million of its customers worldwide.

The hotel operator agreed to pay a penalty and implement enhanced data-security practices as part of separate settlements with the FTC and U.S. states related to data breaches that affected hundreds of millions of customers.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will require Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to put in place an information security program to settle charges over multiple data breaches from 2014 to 2020.

The world's largest hotel chain agreed Wednesday to pay $52 million and agree to two decades of third-party monitoring of its cybersecurity program to settle a rash

Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data breaches between 2014 and 2020 that affected more than 344 million people worldwide.

Marriott, the hotel company, is paying $52 million because it didn't protect its customers' information very well. Hackers were able to steal personal info