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Booking.com targeted in EU investigation into phishing scams, fraudulent listings

Fadingcorroborated24 outlets reported this themselves in 30 reports over 2 days - more reporting than echo.
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Wed, 21 October 2026peak 25 reports on Wed, 21 October 2026Thu, 22 October 2026

After the peak, new reports halved every 4 hours so far - this story is still being covered, so the figure moves as reports arrive.

What it is about

Booking.comEUHenna VirkkunenEuropean CommissionDigital Services ActEuropean UnionComisión EuropeaBruselasBookingDSALeerLos europeosEU-KommissionBrukseliLes EuropéensCommission européenneBruxellesL’UeCommissione EuropeaReisende

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
Channel News Asia1 original report
Die Zeit (Germany)1 original report
RMF24 (Poland)1 original report
La Repubblica (Italy)1 original report
Tagesschau (Germany)1 original report
N1 Info (Croatia)1 original report
ČT24 (Czechia)1 original report
Le Monde English1 original report
Anadolu Agency (AA)1 original report
Google News - Europe query1 original report1 original report
Novinky (Czechia)1 original report
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)2 original reports
21 Oct, 10:02over 22 hours22 Oct, 08:20

16 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 28 original reports, 2 reprints

  1. Wed, 21 October 2026

    23 reports
  2. Thu, 22 October 2026

    5 reports

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