The Japan Tourism Agency has instructed the company to promptly issue a warning after it was found that the damage caused by unauthorized intrusion into the system of Booking.com, a major accommodation reservation site, and stealing credit card information by sending false messages to people who have booked accommodation facilities has been confirmed on a global scale, including in Japan.
According to the Japan Tourism Agency, it has been confirmed that the damage caused by unauthorized intrusion into the system of "Booking.com", a major accommodation reservation site headquartered in the Netherlands, and then stealing the credit card information of people who booked accommodations.
In response to an interview with the Japan Tourism Agency, the company's Japan subsidiary reported on the 12th.
According to this, someone pretends to be a traveler and sends an email to a hotel or other accommodation facility to steal the ID and password of the reservation site in some way.
Then, using the stolen ID etc., to illegally break into the system of the reservation site, identify the person who made the reservation, send a false message such as "advance payment is required", lead to a fake site, and steal credit card information.
So far, damage has been confirmed on a global scale, including Japan, and the specific number of damages is under investigation.
Regarding this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 14th, "The Japan Tourism Agency has instructed companies to promptly issue warnings to prevent the spread of damage to travelers and accommodation facilities, and to proceed with investigations and implementation of measures to prevent recurrence."