Look out! Hackers are coming for your travel account

Here's how to protect yourself when you're booking a trip

Illustration by Aren Elliott

A few days after Kay Pedersen reserved a hotel room in Chiang Mai, Thailand, through Booking.com, she received an alarming email.

It was a warning from Booking.com in broken English that there had been "some malicious activities" in her account.

And then the trouble started.

Don’t get hacked

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