Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-08-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Huazhu Group Ltd.
Affected country: China
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Shanghai police launches an investigation into the alleged massive data breach of Huazhu Group Ltd., one of China's largest hotel operators. An online post emerges, containing nearly 500 million pieces of information related to the hotel group's customers.