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Vacation in Italy: Hackers are looting tens of thousands of ID data from tourists

Published on August 13, 2025

Berlin.Cybercriminals hacked luxury hotels in Italy and stolen tens of thousands of ID documents - now they are sold in the Darknet. In Italy, cybercriminals have entered the systems of several luxury hotels and have captured around 70,000 sensitive guest data.Among other things, the four-star Hotel Ca 'dei Conti in Venice is affected, from whose servers presumably 38,000 high-resolution scans of passports and identity cards have been stolen, as the Italian daily "Corriere del Veneto" reports.The documents appeared on the Darknet shortly afterwards - for unit prices between 800 and 10,000 euros. A spark love every two weeks on Sundays: Answers to relationship questions - honest, close and suitable for everyday use.Register now!When I register for the newsletter, I agree with the advertising agreement. According to the Italian agency for digital (AGID), the data "used by guests at check-in" and stolen between June and July 2025.The "Mydocs", known underground, is to be behind the attack.He offered the data records in several batches, including 17,000 documents from a hotel in Trieste, 30,000 from a house on Ischia and 2300 from Milano Marittima.Even a five-star hotel on Mallorca is under the victims. Also interesting Possible identity thefts in Italy: hacker attack on hotels is open to serious security gaps The consequences could be serious."You can create fake documents on the basis of real identities, open fraudulent bank accounts or credit lines, operate social engineering, to target victims or their personal and professional circles, or commit digital identity theft with legal or financial consequences for those involved," warns the AGID. The deputy director of the Hotelierverband Veneti, Daniele Minotto, calls the case to the Italian daily newspaper "a very strange situation".Because: "Hoteliers are not allowed to archive files with guest documents, this is prohibited by law."Although hotels do not save the ID cards, but access to the scanner and the transmission of the data to the police offer a potential weak point. With dpa