MyRealTrip hacked again, exposing users' and travel companions' data
MyRealTrip suffered another cyber-attack on 9 November, separate from the October incident. Users' contact details, passport numbers, passport expiry dates and nationalities were leaked, along with information about their travel companions. The number of people affected was not disclosed, and the company said no credit card numbers had been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- MyRealTrip
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-11-09
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of users and their travel companions leaked; number of people affected undisclosed
- Cause / method
- External cyber-attack
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- MyRealTrip was hacked again, exposing information about users and their travel companions.
- The repeat cyber-attack and personal information leak became known, while the number of people affected remained undisclosed.
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Other incidents at MyRealTrip
MyRealTrip Hack Leaks Users' Personal and Passport Data
Impact: Users' names, phone numbers and encrypted passwords; passport numbers and passport expiry dates of some users
Users' personal data was leaked through unauthorised access by an outsider on travel platform MyRealTrip. The leaked information included names, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and, for some users, passport numbers and passport expiry dates. MyRealTrip posted a data leak notice and apology on its website on 28 October 2026.
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