News Roundup: Marriott discloses major data breach – but they're not alone

IDG Connect's roundup from a week in business technology. IDG, world’s largest technology media company. [IDG Connect]( [View in Browser]( [Picks of the Week] [•Insights from the first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in China]( [•Nutanix CEO answers questions on everything at London’s .NEXT conference]( [•A roundup of this week’s technology news including more Facebook woes, Huawei in trouble and data breaches galore]( The biggest news story of the week is its Marriott’s data breach resulting in 500 million guests having their data compromised. The breach was announced last Friday, after hackers were able to infiltrate the database of Marriott International, the parent company of a number of hotel chains such as Sheraton and Westin. According to reports, the company was first made aware of the breach in early September after and further investigation showed that an unauthorised party had been accessing the Starwood network since 2014. Investigators looking into the hack have claimed the Chinese authorities are responsible. Although the breach took place in those heady pre-GDPR days, its thought that European regulators will be looking at this case with a great deal of scrutiny. Under the new data protection laws, Marriott could be facing a fine of £117 million. Read the rest of this week’s tech news roundup [here.]( PICKS OF THE WEEK: The best of our opinion and analysis on the big trends in global tech [Nutanix seeks new waves in pursuit of modern datacenters]( Dheeraj Pandey answers questions on everything from the miniaturization of computing to the risks of being a leader [Cloud computing, the year ahead]( How providers and CIOs see cloud computing progressing beyond 2020 [Nutanix CEO on atomization, incumbents, IBM and VMware]( The Nutanix leader providers insights from .NEXT conference in London [A buyer’s guide to configuration management solutions]( Discover what real IT Central Station users think of configuration management solutions [Heads up: ePrivacy regulation is coming]( The UE’s new wide-reaching privacy regulation, ePrivacy Regulation could be more impactful than GDPR, and will affect companies in the US FEATURED REGION: The best of our opinion and analysis on the big trends in global tech [Asia: China embraces cloud native technologies]( A closer look at look at the uptake and interest, successes, and the challenges cloud native faces in China Kind Regards, IDG Connect Stay in Touch! [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google]( [LinkedIn]( [RSS]( [Email]( IDG Connect Friendship House, 49/51 Gresham Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 4LY, UK. If you do not wish to receive any further emails from us please [unsubscribe](. Copyright © 2018 IDG Connect Ltd.