Karya bayanan Marriott: Fasfof ba a ɓoye ba

Marriott a yau ya ce ƙungiyoyin masu bincike da masu nazarin bayanai sun gano "kimanin bayanan miliyan 383 a matsayin mafi girman iyaka" na jimlar adadin ajiyar baƙon da aka rasa. Har yanzu dai kamfanin ya ce ba shi da masaniyar wanda ya kai harin, kuma ya yi nuni da cewa adadin zai ragu nan da wani lokaci yayin da aka gano wasu bayanan da aka kwafi.

Abin da ya sa harin na Starwood ya bambanta shi ne kasancewar lambobin fasfo, wanda zai iya saukaka wa jami’an leken asiri wajen gano mutanen da ke ketare iyaka. Wannan yana da mahimmanci musamman a wannan lamari: A cikin watan Disamba, jaridar New York Times ta ruwaito cewa, harin wani bangare ne na kokarin tattara bayanan sirri na kasar Sin, wanda tun a shekarar 2014, ya kuma yi kutse cikin kutse ga masu inshorar lafiya na Amurka da ofishin kula da ma'aikata, wadanda ke kiyaye tsaro. takardun izini akan miliyoyin Amurkawa.

Ya zuwa yanzu, babu wasu sanannun lokuta da aka samu fasfo na sata ko bayanan katin kiredit a cikin ma'amaloli na yaudara. Amma ga masu binciken da ake kai wa yanar gizo, wannan wata alama ce da ke nuna cewa hukumomin leken asiri ne suka gudanar da kutsen ba masu laifi ba. Hukumomin za su so su yi amfani da bayanan don dalilai na kansu - gina rumbun adana bayanai da bin diddigin manufofin sa ido na gwamnati ko masana'antu - maimakon yin amfani da bayanan don riba ta tattalin arziki.

A dunkule, harin ya zama wani bangare na kokarin da ma'aikatar tsaron kasar Sin ke yi na tattara dimbin bayanai na Amurkawa da sauran masu rike da mukaman gwamnati ko masana'antu - ciki har da inda suka yi aiki, sunayen abokan aikinsu, abokan huldar kasashen waje da abokansu. , da kuma inda suke tafiya.

"Babban bayanai shine sabon motsi na rashin hankali," James A. Lewis, kwararre kan tsaro ta yanar gizo wanda ke gudanar da shirin manufofin fasaha a Cibiyar Dabaru da Nazarin Kasa da Kasa a Washington, ya ce a watan jiya.

Kamfanin Marriott International ya ce an saci bayanan kwastomomi kadan fiye da yadda ake fargabar tun farko amma ya kara da cewa sama da lambobin fasfo miliyan 25 ne aka sace a harin na intanet na watan da ya gabata. Kamfanin ya fada a yau cewa babban satar bayanan sirri a tarihi bai kai girman yadda ake fargabar farko ba amma a karon farko ya yarda cewa rukunin otal dinsa na Starwood bai boye lambobin fasfo na kusan baki miliyan 5 ba. Waɗannan lambobin fasfo sun yi hasarar a wani harin da masana da dama a waje ke ganin hukumomin leƙen asirin China ne suka kai.

Lokacin da Marriott ya fara bayyana harin a karshen watan Nuwamba, ya ce mai yiwuwa an sace bayanan sama da mutane miliyan 500, duk daga rumbun adana bayanai na Starwood, wani babban otal din da Marriot ya samu. Amma a lokacin, kamfanin ya ce adadin ya kasance mafi muni saboda ya haɗa da miliyoyin bayanan da aka kwafi.

Adadin da aka sake fasalin har yanzu shi ne asara mafi girma a tarihi, fiye da harin da aka kai kan Equifax, hukumar bayar da rahoton lamuni ta mabukaci, wanda ya yi asarar lasisin tuki da lambobin Tsaron Jama'a na kusan Amurkawa miliyan 145.5 a cikin 2017, wanda ya kai ga korar babban jami'in hukumar. da kuma babbar asarar amincewa ga kamfani.

An kama wani babban jami'in ma'aikatar tsaron kasar Sin a kasar Belgium a karshen shekarar da ta gabata, kuma aka mika shi ga Amurka bisa zarginsa da hannu wajen yin kutse a wasu kamfanonin tsaron Amurka, wasu kuma an gano su a cikin wata tuhuma da ma'aikatar shari'a ta gabatar a kasar. Disamba. Sai dai wadancan shari'o'in ba su da alaka da harin na Marriott, wanda hukumar FBI ke ci gaba da bincike.

China dai ta musanta cewa tana da masaniya kan harin na Marriott. A cikin watan Disamba, kakakin ma'aikatar harkokin wajen kasar Geng Shuang, ya ce, Sin na adawa da duk wani nau'i na kai hari ta yanar gizo, tare da murkushe shi bisa ga doka.

Kakakin ya kara da cewa, "Idan aka ba da shaida, sassan kasar Sin da suka dace za su gudanar da bincike bisa ga doka."

Binciken Marriott ya bayyana wani sabon rauni a cikin tsarin otal: Abin da ke faruwa da bayanan fasfo lokacin da abokin ciniki ya yi ajiyar wuri ko bincika otal, yawanci a ƙasashen waje, kuma ya ba da fasfo ga ma'aikacin tebur. Marriott ya ce a karon farko an adana lambobin fasfo miliyan 5.25 a cikin tsarin Starwood a sarari, fayilolin bayanan da ba a ɓoye ba - ma'ana duk wanda ke cikin tsarin ajiyar yana karanta su cikin sauƙi. An adana ƙarin lambobin fasfo miliyan 20.3 a cikin ɓoyayyun fayiloli, waɗanda zasu buƙaci babban maɓallin ɓoyewa don karantawa. Ba a dai san ko nawa ne daga cikin wadanda suka shiga fasfo din Amurka da nawa suka fito daga wasu kasashe ba.

"Babu wata shaida da ke nuna cewa ɓangare na uku mara izini ya shiga babban maɓallin ɓoyewa da ake buƙata don ɓoye lambobin fasfo ɗin da aka ɓoye," in ji Marriott a cikin wata sanarwa.

Ba a dai bayyana dalilin da ya sa aka ɓoye wasu lambobin ba, wasu kuma ba a bayyana ba - ban da waɗannan otal-otal a kowace ƙasa, kuma wani lokacin kowace kadara, suna da ka'idoji daban-daban don sarrafa bayanan fasfo. Masana harkokin leken asiri sun lura cewa hukumomin leken asirin Amurka sukan nemi lambobin fasfo na kasashen waje da suke bin diddiginsu a wajen Amurka - wanda hakan na iya yin bayanin dalilin da ya sa gwamnatin Amurka ba ta dage kan boye bayanan fasfo din a duniya ba.

Da aka tambaye shi yadda Marriott ke sarrafa bayanan yanzu da ya hade bayanan Starwood cikin tsarin ajiyar Marriott - hadewar da aka kammala a karshen shekarar 2018 - Connie Kim, mai magana da yawun kamfanin, ta ce: "Muna duban ikon mu na motsawa. don ɓoye lambobin fasfo na duniya kuma za mu yi aiki tare da masu siyar da tsarinmu don ƙarin fahimtar iyawarsu, da kuma yin bitar dokokin ƙasa da na gida."

Ma'aikatar harkokin wajen kasar ta fitar da wata sanarwa a watan da ya gabata inda ta ce masu fasfo kada su firgita domin adadin kadai ba zai ba wani damar yin fasfo na bogi ba. Marriott ta ce za ta biya kudin sabon fasfo ga duk wanda aka samu bayanan fasfo dinsa, da aka yi wa kutse daga tsarinsa, yana da hannu a zamba. Amma wannan wani abu ne na hannun jari, tun da bai ba da ɗaukar hoto ba ga baƙi waɗanda ke son sabon fasfo kawai saboda 'yan leƙen asirin ƙasashen waje sun karɓi bayanansu.

Ya zuwa yanzu, kamfanin ya yi watsi da batun magance wannan batu da cewa ba shi da wata shaida kan ko su wane ne maharan, kuma Amurka ba ta tuhumi kasar Sin a hukumance ba. Sai dai kungiyoyin leken asiri masu zaman kansu da suka duba wannan karya sun ga kyakyawar alaka da sauran hare-hare masu alaka da kasar Sin da ake yi a lokacin. Shugaban kamfanin kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa, Arne Sorenson, bai amsa tambayoyi game da kutsen a bainar jama'a ba, kuma Marriott ya ce yana tafiya ne kuma ya ki amincewa da bukatar jaridar Times ta yi magana game da kutse.

Kamfanin ya kuma ce kimanin katunan bashi da na zare kudi miliyan 8.6 ne "da hannu" a cikin lamarin, amma duk an boye su - kuma duk sai dai katunan 354,000 sun kare a watan Satumbar 2018, lokacin da aka gano kutsen, wanda ya ci gaba shekaru da yawa.