Too slow! Booking.com fined for not reporting data breach fast enough
It’s not just the breach, it’s the speed of the breach response… Continue reading Too slow! Booking.com fined for not reporting data breach fast enough
Category Archives: Booking.com
Millions of hotel guests worldwide have their private details exposed
A sloppy lack of security by a hotel reservation platform has left highly sensitive information about millions of people worldwide exposed.
Security experts uncovered a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket containing over 10 million files, containing informa… Continue reading Millions of hotel guests worldwide have their private details exposed
Millions of Hotel Guests Worldwide Caught Up in Mass Data Leak
A cloud misconfiguration affecting users of a popular reservation platform threatens travelers with identity theft, scams, credit-card fraud and vacation-stealing. Continue reading Millions of Hotel Guests Worldwide Caught Up in Mass Data Leak
Booking.com partners, customers hit by phishing scam
Customers of hotels and guest houses listed on Booking.com were the target of a recent phishing scam launched by cybercriminals to steal user information, writes The Sun. Users first received WhatsApp and text messages instructing them to change their … Continue reading Booking.com partners, customers hit by phishing scam
World Cup, Vacation Scams Lead in Phishing Trips this Summer
Scammers recently targeted Booking.com customers via WhatsApp messages and texts asking them for full payment for holidays. Continue reading World Cup, Vacation Scams Lead in Phishing Trips this Summer
TravelPerk grabs $21M to make booking business trips suck less
TravelPerk, a Barcelona-based SaaS startup that’s built an end-to-end business travel platform, has closed a $21 million Series B round, led by Berlin-based Target Global and London’s Felix Capital. Earlier investors Spark Capital and Sunstone also participated in the round, alongside new investor Amplo. When we last spoke to the startup back in June 2016 — as it […] Continue reading TravelPerk grabs $21M to make booking business trips suck less
TravelPerk gets $7M Series A to take the pain out of booking business travel
Barcelona based TravelPerk, a business travel booking platform founded last year by a team of ex-Booking.com employees, has closed a $7 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital. Read More Continue reading TravelPerk gets $7M Series A to take the pain out of booking business travel