Booking.com Confirms Data Breach as Hackers Access Customer Details

Booking.com has confirmed a targeted breach in which a third party accessed portions of reservation data (names, emails, phone numbers, postal addresses and booking details); payment data was not accessed. The company reset booking PINs and alerted affected users, while security experts warn the exposed booking context greatly increases the effectiveness of phishing, smishing, vishing, and identity-fraud attempts; the scale and method of the breach remain undisclosed.