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Eurail Breach Exposes 308k Passports, Data Sold on Telegram

4/26/2026

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Eurail, a Dutch rail pass provider, suffered a breach that exposed personal details of about 308,777 customers.
A sample of the stolen database, including passport numbers, appeared on Telegram for sale.
Eurail began notifying affected individuals on March 27 2026, after the breach, and instructed travelers to cancel their passports at their own cost.
A hacker claimed to have taken roughly 1.3 terabytes of data from Eurail’s cloud and support systems.

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Story summary

Eurail, a Dutch rail pass provider, suffered a breach that exposed personal details of about 308,777 customers.
A sample of the stolen database, including passport numbers, appeared on Telegram for sale.
Eurail began notifying affected individuals on March 27 2026, after the breach, and instructed travelers to cancel their passports at their own cost.
A hacker claimed to have taken roughly 1.3 terabytes of data from Eurail’s cloud and support systems.