(Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Getty ImagesTravel booking website Booking.com has been hit with a €475,000 ($560,000) fine after failing to report a data breach within the time period mandated by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Credit card details on 283 customers were also exposed, and in 97 cases the CVV code was also compromised. "A data breach can unfortunately happen anywhere, even if you have taken good precautions. But to prevent damage to your customers and the recurrence of such a data breach, you have to report this in time." Booking.com customers ran the risk of being robbed here.

Source: Forbes April 02, 2021 13:07 UTC