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TripAdvisor falls victim to hacking
TripAdvisor advertises itself as the “most trusted†site but has recently fallen victim to hackers.
An email sent to members from the website’s CEO Steve Kaufer said hackers had managed to get hold of a “proportion” of its members list.
He reassured them that the source of the “vulnerability” had been found and shut off.
All member passwords are secure, said Kaufer.
SC Magazine, a publication for security professionals, said TripAdvisor had told members it was taking the incident very seriously and had contacted law enforcement officials.
The incident was discovered over the weekend of March 19.
The review website did not reveal how many of its users were affected.
TripAdvisor’s website says it has 20 million members.
By David Wilkening, TravelMole USA
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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