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A booking database run by the biggest hotel chain in the world has been targeted by hackers in a cyber attack that could affect half a billion customers.

Marriott International announced today that 500 million guests’ data may have been exposed in breaches of the system for its Starwood portfolio that began in 2014.

The ‘data security incident’ has affected hotels including Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire as well as London’s Park Lane Sheraton Grand, Westbury Mayfair and Le Meridien Piccadilly.

The database stored information including passport numbers, dates of births, names, addresses and phone numbers for 327 million guests.

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