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• Clues in Marriott hack implicate China: sources

  Hackers behind a massive breach at Marriott International left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation.

• How not to get slammed by the FCC for Wi-Fi blocking

  Rick Hampton, the wireless communications manager for Boston-based <a href="http://www.partners.org/">Partners Healthcare</a>, has seen the dialogue among network professionals heating up in the wake of the FCC's sternly-worded enforcement warning about illegal Wi-Fi blocking and says it's no wonder the commission is fired up.

• Now the FTC has its say on hotel Wi-Fi

  First the FCC slapped Marriott International with a $600K fine for Wi-Fi blocking and issued a follow-up enforcement warning to the masses. Now the FTC has issued a hotel Wi-Fi warning of its own.

• FCC still has ton of explaining to do on Wi-Fi blocking rules

  The FCC has been very clear that it didn't approve of a Marriott International hotel's blocking of convention center attendees' Wi-Fi hotspots: It <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2691674/wifi/marriott-must-pay-600000-for-blocking-personal-wifi-hotspots.html">fined the hospitality company $600,000 last fall</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2876239/wi-fi/fcc-calls-blocking-of-personal-wi-fi-hotspots-disturbing-trend.html">issued a stern warning on Jan. 27</a> that such wireless network interference by others will not be tolerated either.

• Marriott CIO: FCC message on WiFi blocking loud and clear

  The FCC's sternly worded warning about illegal Wi-Fi blocking earlier this week got through to at least one organization: Marriott International's Global CIO issued a statement Friday that the hospitality outfit is withdrawing efforts to gain clarification from the commission on what methods <em>can</em> be used to protect corporate Wi-Fi networks.

• FCC calls blocking of personal Wi-Fi hotspots "disturbing trend"

  The <a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0127/DA-15-113A1.pdf">FCC on Tuesday warned</a> that it will no longer tolerate hotels, convention centers or others intentionally interfering with personal Wi-Fi hotspots.

• Marriott now says it won't block guests' Wi-Fi hotspots

  Hotel operator Marriott International has backed off its request to block some outside Wi-Fi hotspots inside its facilities, saying the company has responded to customer feedback.

• Hotel group asks FCC for permission to block some outside Wi-Fi

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will soon decide whether to lay down rules regarding hotels' ability to block personal Wi-Fi hotspots inside their buildings, a practice that recently earned Marriott International a US $600,000 fine.

• Marriott must pay $600,000 for blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots

  Here's some payback for everyone who has felt gouged by hotel charges for Wi-Fi service: Marriott International has to pay US$600,000 following a probe into whether it intentionally blocked personal Wi-Fi hotspots in order to force customers to use its own very pricey service.

• Hungarian hacks Marriott's systems to blackmail for job

  A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company's computers, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

• Top user companies accelerating cloud adoption, says user group

  The Wild West era of <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9191238/IT_shifts_to_the_cloud_anecdote_by_anecdote">cloud computing</a> is ending. So says cloud computing's new sheriff, a user group called the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9194298/New_user_group_aims_to_take_on_the_super_vendors">Open Data Center Alliance</a> .