Car rental giant Avis data breach impacts over 299,000 customers

American car rental giant Avis notified customers that unknown attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole some of their personal information.

According to data breach notification letters sent to impacted customers on Wednesday and filed with California’s Office of the Attorney General, the company took action to stop the unauthorized access, launched an investigation with the help of external cybersecurity experts, and reported the incident to relevant authorities after learning of the breach on August 5.

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