Fake Europcar hack
At the end of January, alleged data from around 50 million Europcar customers was offered in an underground forum. Europcar reacted quickly and denied that it was a real file. The data is neither consistent nor are the email addresses in particular known to Europcar. While Europcar suggested that this data was generated using generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT), other security researchers are of the opinion that no AI was at work here. What they all have in common, however, is the opinion that this data was generated by machines. Suspicions quickly arose in the forum too...