A hotel leaked my data to hackers. You could be next

PCWorld highlights essential privacy tools after a hotel data breach exposed the author's personal information including name, email, and stay dates. Virtual credit card numbers from banks like Capital One and Citi protect against financial theft, while email masks prevent phishing attacks. Using virtual phone numbers or Google Voice helps avoid data broker profiling and protects your real contact information from future breaches. I was on vacation when I got the ping. It was an email that started: " " I actually couldn't even read it at first--the text was in the hotel's native language. Turns out, hackers had gotten into the guest database of a place I'd booked for later in the trip. The data leaked included my name, email address, and dates of stay. Reading the brief, curt overview made me mad.