Australian Capital Territory warns around 6,000 people after booking service breach
SpilloverSpillover from the Bookeasy incident · View original incident →A breach of booking platform Bookeasy raised concerns that personal information and booking details of Australian Capital Territory park and campsite users may have been exposed. The territory government warned around 6,000 people and suspended use of the platform. VisitCanberra's accommodation and tourism booking services were also affected, and some users received suspicious emails and WhatsApp messages.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Australian Capital Territory
- Original incident
- Bookeasy breach may expose Australian national park booking customers' data
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Around 6,000 people notified of possible exposure of personal information and booking details
- Cause / method
- Breach of park and tourism booking platform Bookeasy
- Location
- Australia
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Timeline
- The Australian Capital Territory warned around 6,000 people following the Bookeasy breach, suspended use of the platform and disclosed that VisitCanberra's booking services were also affected.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Bookeasy incident.
Bookeasy breach may expose Australian national park booking customers' data
Impact: Potential exposure of names, addresses, contact details and booking information of customers across several Australian states and territories
Unauthorised access to Australian booking platform Bookeasy was confirmed to have potentially allowed the names, addresses, contact details and booking information of its partners' customers to be viewed or exposed. National park booking customers across several states and territories were affected, and WhatsApp scam messages using actual booking information to demand additional payments were also reported. Parks Victoria temporarily suspended new campsite bookings, and no evidence of access to credit card information was found.
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