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Booking site’s data breach costs hit NT$33 million

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Dissent

CNA reports:

Several customers of online travel website Booking.com in Taiwan have been vulnerable to fraud this year because of leaks of personal information, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Sunday in a statement.

A total of 228 members of Booking.com were defrauded of NT$33.62 million (US$1.09 million) in the first nine months of 2019 due to those leaks, according to the CIB.

Read more on Focus Taiwan.


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