Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data (www.theguardian.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 15:49
https://sh.itjust.works/post/58462109

The accommodation reservation website Booking.com has suffered a data breach with “unauthorised parties” gaining access to customers’ details.

The platform said it “noticed some suspicious activity involving unauthorised third parties being able to access some of our guests’ booking information”.

“Upon discovering the activity, we took action to contain the issue,” it said. “We have updated the pin number for these reservations and informed our guests.”

The company, which is headquartered in Amsterdam, lists more than 30m accommodation venues around the world and says it connects “millions of travellers” with experiences, transport and places to stay.

Booking.com declined to say how many people the hack had affected. A spokesperson said that “financial information was not accessed”.

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artwork@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 16:11 next collapse

Based on the findings of our investigation to date, accessed information could include booking details and names, emails, addresses, phone numbers associated with the booking and anything that you may have shared with the accommodation…

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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 16:15 next collapse

The data breaches just keep on coming these days

AverageEarthling@feddit.online on 13 Apr 20:04 collapse

good reminder to delete my account. I’ve been purging accounts that I no longer use and this reminded me that I had an account with them.