Europcar denies data breach of 50 million users, says data is fake

Europcar was the subject of a claim that the personal data of roughly 48.6 million customers was being sold; after review the company and researchers determined the sample records were fabricated (addresses and ZIPs that do not exist, mismatched usernames/emails), likely generated with faker tools rather than representing a real breach, so the incident appears to be a hoax rather than an actual data leak.