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Sead Fadilpašić

Rental giant Carla leaks user names, emails, and phone numbers ahead of summer holiday break

Data leak.
  • Cybernews found Carla’s exposed AWS bucket with 48,000 PDFs containing customer rental data
  • Files included names, emails, phone numbers, rental details, and travel patterns useful for phishing
  • Carla secured the database after disclosure; no evidence of malicious access, but risk remains

Car rental comparison and booking platform Carla kept a database with sensitive customer information unlocked on the open internet, freely available to anyone who knew where to look.

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