Travelers Warned of Vacation Risk As Major Booking Site Suffers Data Breach
Summary
Booking.com, a popular website for booking places to stay, had a data breach where unauthorized people accessed some customer booking information. The company fixed the issue by changing reservation pin numbers and told affected customers, saying no financial data was taken.Key Facts
- Booking.com detected suspicious activity and unauthorized access to customer booking details.
- The breach exposed information like names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, and booking details.
- No financial information, such as payment details, was accessed in this incident.
- Booking.com updated pin numbers for affected reservations and notified customers by email.
- This is not the first data breach at Booking.com; previous incidents occurred in 2018 and 2025.
- In 2018, Booking.com was fined about $559,700 for reporting a breach late.
- Marriott and Starwood Hotels, similar large travel companies, also suffered major data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers.
- Marriott paid a $52 million fine and agreed to improve data security after their breaches.
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