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Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers' data | TechCrunch

The travel giant notified customers that their personal data, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers, may have been accessed in a security incident.

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Booking.com confirmed Monday that hackers may have accessed customers' personal data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and booking details.

"We're writing to inform you that unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation," read the notification to customers, according to one user's post on Reddit. Several other Reddit users replying to the post said they received the same notification. The message from the company included the aforementioned types of compromised data, as well as "anything that you may have shared with the accommodation."

The user who posted the notification on Reddit told TechCrunch that they received a phishing message via WhatsApp two weeks ago that included "booking details and personal information." That suggests hackers are leveraging the stolen information to target Booking.com customers.

Booking.com spokesperson Courtney Camp told TechCrunch that the company "noticed some suspicious activity involving unauthorized third parties being able to access some of our guests' booking information. Upon discovering the activity, we took action to contain the issue. We have updated the PIN number for these reservations and informed our guests."

It seems hackers didn't get login or financial data, still, might be worth changing password.
And be careful with phishing messages claiming to be from Booking.com

 

[Robot Carnival]

don't think I had used Booking.com for a few years. last time I used it was back in 2022/23 I believe. not like the one I usually use, Agoda is much better thou. pretty sure they also got hacked a while back.

 

[Skyfox]

Tried to change my password but there's no way to do it using the app that I can see

Went to the website and instead of a password, it wants an email verification code instead (which is fine) so I'm not sure what else to do about it.

I think phishers, scammers, identity thieves (and especially swatters) need to face extreme punishment publicly to dissuade this shit.

 

[Moondoggy]

Booking.YEAH!

 

[struggler_guts]

booking.com is a fucking scam site anyway, last time I used it my reservation was cancelled by their automatic system and they "couldn't say why because of security reasons" then promised me I'd get my refund and it never came and the email they sent with a code for my support ticket didn't work and when I called back they said it didn't exist.

of course this was all told to me by various indians who probably part time at scam call centers after their shift for booking.com is over.

FUCK BOOKING.com

 

[AJUMP23]

I wish they gave you fishing trips.