This may not apply to anyone in the UK, but I thought I'd put it here just in case.
This was on the BBC news at lunchtime @Bambino
Absolutely awful...affecting millions so I believe. 
No danger here but hell's teeth, that's a lot of customers worldwide!
And according to the report hackers have been stealing guests personal information since 2014! Thank God it was finaĺly picked up in 20018. Imagine if this carried on undetected, how many more millions would have been affected.
Thankfully, I haven't stayed in an hotel either here or in the States for years. But I feel sorry for all those customers affected by this with the hassle they'll face cancelling cards, and do they change their phone numbers? And these hackers have their home addresses. An absolute nightmare.
@TallTrees wrote:
Not here either @jonsie
I am wondering when will a persons details become safely stored?
The problem @TallTrees is that as systems become more sophisticated, so to do the hackers and scammers. So the answer is no system will ever be 100% secure. It's why it's also important to keep a sharp eye on your bank account and report any unusual activity straight away.
Unfortunately, many people think 'it's never going to happen to me'. We see that here on the forum with people not noticing for several months or longer that their phone bills are higher than they should be due to some scammer milking them for some game or health aid they didn't want or knowingly sign up for.
Hi @Glory1
I know you are right.
Help from O2 re phones etc., here to do as much as possible to try and avoid scammers
but can't avoid if registering at hotels of course and yet to get discovered other places.
Funny if it wasn't so frightening ~ it used to be~ keep all your possessions in a
safe place! Hotel safe for passport etc. certainly has changed now ~ know where passport is and money in pocket but others working hard in places you have no idea all this being robbed! 
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