"Exposed Database Left Terabyte of Travelers’ Data Open to the Public"

Security researchers have discovered an unprotected database belonging to Gekko Group, which is one of Europe's largest hotel booking companies. According to the researchers, the exposed database contains sensitive data such as travelers' names, home addresses, lodging details, credit card numbers, and passwords stored in plain text. The information stored on the unprotected database belongs to 140,000 clients, each of which could be an individual, organization, or traveling group. The database was discovered during an online scan for servers with inadequate security protections. This discovery brings further attention to the risks associated with the increased use of cloud servers by companies to store data. This article continues to discuss the exposure of travelers' data by an unprotected database, the impact of this exposure, Gekko Group's response to this discovery, and other recent discoveries of exposed databases. 

CNET reports "Exposed Database Left Terabyte of Travelers’ Data Open to the Public"