This winter, a white-hat hacker contacted several travel companies alleging that their websites have a security vulnerability that would allow thieves to skim credit card data from customers.
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Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
July 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
Last week, authorities in the US filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide, claiming the company and three subsidiaries failed to protect sensitive customer credit card data.
Cunard admits data security failure, 1,000+ passenger details emailed out to other guests
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cruise giant Cunard is trying to allay concerns amongst customers after an email was sent containing confidential details of some 1,200 passengers.
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Kayak acknowledges privacy breach, says problem resolved
June 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kayak acknowledges that a third party — it turns out to be one of its hotel customers — was able to match a last name on the site with the last four digits of people’s credit cards, and that others could have done so, too.
Cheaptickets admits system hacked, 715,000 records from 2008 and 2009 stolen
October 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Travix has confirmed a major security breach at its Cheaptickets brand in Holland mid-October, with thousands of passenger details obtained by a prolific hacker.
Epsilon email hacks, mobile apps subpoenas raise data security and privacy issues
April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just how safe is your personal information online? Definitely not as secure as it should be.
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