Walmart-controlled flight booking service suffers substantial data leak

An Indian flight booking website majority-owned by US retail colossus Walmart has experienced a data breach, but is saying very little about what happened or the risks to customers. News of the breach emerged on Monday, when customers received a message depicted in the tweet below. @Cleartrip would you mind telling us when …

[WhereAmI?]

Please tell me that they aren't really booking everything on Excel. Please.

[Pascal Monett]

Okay, we won't tell you.

[TheRealRoland]

Don't worry. The integration between MS Access and MS Excel is often seamless. These files are just exports of the data to be sent via email to other vendors.

As is tradition.

[John Brown (no body)]

Shirley they are sent by Fax if not Telex!

[DJV]

Multiplan, probably...

[FlamingDeath]

Frito

“I Like Money”

[An_Old_Dog]

"Security Anomaly"

"They're waiting for you, Gordon ... in the test chamber."