Cyberattack on kontakt.pl - what happened?
Quick Look
- The holiday.pl portal fell victim to a cyber attack, as a result of which hackers gained access to employees' e-mail boxes.
- Customers' personal data was leaked, including passport numbers and telephone numbers.
- The company has notified law enforcement and is advising customers to exercise caution.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
The holiday.pl portal detected unauthorized access to employees' e-mail boxes, which led to the leakage of customer data.
As RMF FM journalist Igor Skrzypek found out, the holiday.pl portal detected unauthorized access to some of its employees' work e-mail boxes. It was the data from correspondence related to reservations that fell prey to hackers.
The company did not disclose details about the scope of the leak. All customers who may be victims of the attack have been informed about the incident. They should now - just in case - reserve their PESEL number and be particularly careful when receiving suspicious messages, especially those requesting additional payments or changing reservations. These may be attempts to extort data or money.
The company assures that the attack affected a small portion of customers - the scale of the leak is incomparably smaller than in recent high-profile cases, such as attacks on MyDr, Enel-med or Fakturownia, where the data of millions of people were leaked.
The relevant law enforcement authorities have already been informed about the incident, and the portal does not disclose details due to the ongoing investigation.
According to the Niebezpiecznik website, the attackers obtained customers' personal data, including passport data, telephone numbers, residential addresses, e-mail addresses, names and surnames and dates of birth, so you should also reserve your passport just in case.
The website notes that in the messages to holiday.pl customers they did not specify what the passport data means, whether it is only the passport number or a passport scan. There is also no information on how many people were affected by the incident.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Further law enforcement investigation into the leak.
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Exactly how many people were injured?
- Were passport scans leaked or just their numbers?
