2026-05-08 · view entry permalink →
Eurail breach: 308 777 travellers notified three months after December 2025 compromise; Dutch DPA and EDPS open reviews
Eurail began issuing breach notifications to 308 777 customers in late April 2026, revealing that an attacker accessed personal data — including passport numbers, IBANs, and DiscoverEU pass details — in a December 2025 incident. The three-month gap between discovery and notification is under review by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch DPA) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), which holds jurisdiction over EU institutional data processing. GDPR Article 33 requires supervisory authority notification within 72 hours of awareness of a breach. The exposed dataset covers travellers from EU member states who registered DiscoverEU passes; Swiss nationals who applied through bilateral arrangement may also be affected. Affected individuals should monitor for identity fraud and, where banking regulations permit, consider IBAN replacement.