Airbnb customers were the first reported targets for the GDPR policy update scam. However, hackers are now expanding their targets to include pretty much everybody.  As organizations update their privacy policies to meet GDPR requirements, emails are being sent out to their account holders to notify them of the changes. Mixed in with these legitimate notifications are more and more fake requests to accept new privacy policies.

This is just one more reminder to bypass links in an email and visit an organization’s web site directly using a URL that you know is legitimate whenever you are being asked to confirm anything. If you visit the web site and there is no notification, congratulations you have just dodged a cyber attack!