Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-01-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Goldjoy
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: Goldjoy, another travel agency in Hong Kong, reveals that unauthorised parties accessed its customer database containing personal information such as names and ID card numbers, passport details and phone numbers, asking for a ransom.