Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-05-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Airbnb users in UK
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Accommodation and Food Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Several Airbnb users complain that their accounts have been "hacked" with some finding holidays unknowingly booked in their name costing thousands of pounds.