Booking.com Cyberattack Wipes Out Reservations, Stranding Travelers
Booking.com was hit by a cyberattack that caused reservations to disappear. Travelers were left stranded, unable to use their bookings.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Booking.com
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Loss of reservations and disruption for travelers
- Cause / method
- Cyberattack
- Location
- Netherlands
Timeline
- It was reported that a cyberattack on Booking.com had caused reservations to disappear, leaving travelers stranded.
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