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Why would it be? There is almost no risk to ignoring security issues, and the risk only decreases the more this happens to other companies because consumers start seeing it as normal behavior that affects all companies they do business with.

I'm almost certain Marriott has security people telling the higher-ups that they need to do X to protect security, but if other companies are not subjected to that same risk, revenue growth is always going to win over security.

This will never change until governments start holding these companies liable with severe penalties that are not simply "the cost of doing business."



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