Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Whitbread
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Accommodation and Food Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Whitbread's online recruitment system has suffered a data breach, affecting a number of the company's brands including Premier Inn, and the UK outlets of Costa Coffee. The breach is a consequence of the attack to PageUp.