Orbitz Discloses Possible Data Breach Affecting 880,000 Payment Cards -- 2nd Update
March 20 2018 - 3:21PM
Dow Jones News
By Imani Moise
Expedia Inc.'s Orbitz subsidiary said Tuesday it has discovered
a possible data breach affecting thousands of customers who booked
trips through one of its older websites or a partner platform.
Orbitz didn't disclose which business partners were affected by
the breach, but American Express Co. said in a separate release
Tuesday that travel booked through its representatives and through
Amextravel.com had been affected by the cyberattack.
The breach is estimated to have affected about 880,000 payment
cards, Orbitz said.
The travel-booking site operator said that during an
investigation of an older Orbitz platform it found that a hacker
may have accessed consumer data late last year and it is working to
notify those who may be affected. The breach didn't affect the new
Orbitz.com, the company said.
The hacker could have had access to data on purchases made
between January 2016 and December of last year, including
birthdays, addresses, full names and payment card information.
The company said that so far there is no evidence that passport
or travel itinerary information were accessed and that it doesn't
keep Social Security information on U.S. customers on its
platform.
American Express said American Express Global Business Travel
and the platforms that manage credit-card accounts weren't impacted
by the attack.
It is unclear if any of the data was taken from the
platform.
The companies are offering those affected by the breach free
credit monitoring.
Orbitz's disclosure is the latest announcement from a company
involving a breach of sensitive consumer data. Lawmakers have begun
to push for tighter regulations regarding when companies have to
report potential hacks following incidents at Amazon.com Inc.'s
Whole Foods Market, Sonic Corp. and Equifax Inc. last year.
Expedia shares fell 0.8% to $110.27 during afternoon
trading.
Write to Imani Moise at imani.moise@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 20, 2018 16:06 ET (20:06 GMT)
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