The archives expose phone numbers and places of residence of celebrities, journalists, government officials and regular tourists.
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The personal data of more than 10.6 million guests who stayed in hotels of the exclusive MGM Resorts chain have been published this week in a hacking forum, the ZDNet technology specialized portal reported.
The exposed files include contact information of celebrities, government officials, journalists, employees of some of the world’s largest technology companies and regular tourists.
Affected individuals include Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, singer Justin Bieber and officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Hotel chain response
Published data includes personal data such as full names, places of residence, telephone numbers, emails and dates of birth. The company confirmed the leak and said it was produced from a security flaw who suffered the chain in 2019.
“Last summer we discovered the Unauthorized access to a cloud server that contained a limited amount of information for certain former MGM Resorts guests, “he told the company to ZDNet.
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The hotel chain also said that apparently no financial data, As credit card numbers or passwords was compromised.
Finally, company representatives indicated that the people affected were immediately contacted and that the necessary measures have been taken so that a similar situation does not occur again.
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