US choice hotels Jul 2019 Technical Error (Q15739)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | US choice hotels Jul 2019 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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July 2019
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700,000 records belonging to Choice Hotels have reportedly been stolen with hackers demanding payment for their return. Comparitech, in collaboration with security researcher Bob Diachenko, found an unsecured database containing data belonging to the hotel franchise on July 2, 2019, after the database was indexed by the BinaryEdge search engine. (English)
