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Hackers Offer 70,000 Italian Hotel Guest ID Scans on Darknet

Italian authorities have confirmed the sale of about 70,000 high-resolution hotel ID scans online with investigations under way into the breach’s full extent following disputes over sale prices

Touristen vor dem Kolosseum in Rom
Blick auf die Piazza Umberto I. auf der Insel Capri in Italien.
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Overview

  • Since June the hacker group Mydocs illegally accessed booking systems at luxury hotels in Italy and one Mallorca resort to extract high-resolution scans of passports, ID cards and other guest documents.
  • Affected properties include at least nine Italian luxury hotels in Venice, Trieste, Capri, Ischia and Milano Marittima, with approximately 38,000 stolen documents linked to Venice’s Ca’ dei Conti alone.
  • The national digital agency Agid reports online prices between €800 and €10,000 per pixelated scan, while outlets such as heise.de claim lower unit costs and a higher total of up to 160,000 files.
  • Authorities warn the stolen images can fuel identity fraud, document forgery and unauthorized account openings, and some victims report not receiving breach notifications from affected hotels.
  • Italian police and Agid are probing legal and technical security gaps in hotel check-in scanners and booking platforms, and regulators may pursue data-protection inquiries over improper ID retention.