Police in China are investigating the apparent loss of 130 million customers’ personal details from Huazhu Hotels Group. The data exposure may trace to a production database for which access credentials were accidentally uploaded to GitHub, the web-based code sharing and development platform. The company operates more than 3,000 hotels under 13 brand names across more than 350 cities in China. A Chinese-language cybercrime forum vendor began advertising the credentials for sale on Aug. 14. The stolen information allegedly includes: 123 million records used to register online with hotels, including ID card numbers and mobile phone numbers.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/police-probe-sale-130-million-chinese-hotel-goers-data-a-11442