Unauthorized access to ReserVision bookings leads to customer phishing
Unauthorized access through customer accounts on reservation service ReserVision exposed the personal information and booking details of restaurant and hotel guests. The stolen information was used in phishing emails requesting payments or card details, and some businesses' actual email sending accounts were also misused.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- ReserVision
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information and booking details of restaurant and hotel guests
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized viewing of personal information and booking details through customer accounts
- Location
- Germany
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Exposed dataUsage & purchase history
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Timeline
- Unauthorized viewing of guest information through ReserVision customer accounts and the sending of phishing emails using the stolen information came to light.
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