Hertz Data Breach: When Car Rentals and Cybercrime Collide!

Hertz has confirmed that customer data was stolen during last year’s Cleo file transfer product raids. Information like names, contact details, and even workers’ compensation claims were nabbed. For those wondering why a car hire company has Medicare data, it’s for those unexpected moments when car rentals meet health claims. Who knew?

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Hot Take:

When life gives you Hertz, apparently it gives you data breaches too. Who knew renting a car could come with such an unexpected side of identity theft? Well, as they say, when it rains, it pours personal information all over the dark web.

Key Points:

  • Hertz, along with Dollar and Thrifty, confirmed a data breach affecting customer information.
  • The breach involved names, contact info, credit card details, and even Social Security numbers for some.
  • The data was stolen during zero-day raids on Cleo file transfer products by cybercrime group Cl0p.
  • Cleo patched the vulnerabilities, but not before affecting around 70 organizations, including Hertz.
  • Hertz is offering identity monitoring services to affected customers and has reported the incident to authorities.

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