https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/30/starwood-hotels-says-500-million-guest-records-stolen-in-massive-data-breach/ > Starwood Hotels has confirmed its hotel guest database of about 500 million customers has been stolen in a data breach. > The hotel and resorts giant said in a statement that the “unauthorized access” to its guest database was detected on or before September 10 — but may have dated back as far as 2014.