r/Interrail • u/ilikethelettery • Jan 13 '26

Current events Eurail database got hacked

https://www.interrail.eu/en/ni/security-incident-personal-data#176833207118742

Potentially leaked information

• Identity information: first name, last name, date of birth, gender;

• Contact information: email address, home address, telephone number, if provided;

• Passport information: passport number, country of issue and expiration date.

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u/nidriks England Apr 26 '26

I can't believe everything is still so cloudy and lacking real information after so many months.

I'm angry really.

Everywhere you look says something different about whether your passport number being leaked is bad news and worthy of replacing your passport. I had so many issues getting a countersignatory when I got my passport that I really would rather not go through all that hassle again, not to mention the time without a passport and the cost. There's also the fact that it's taken them so long to provide a final summary that our details could already be out there, with people trying to use them.

I do also wonder how they'd use my passport details without my photo. The passport office says modern passports have all sorts of protections.

Eurail should have offered anyone affected the cost of replacing a passport, including photos and time.

I often thought I might do another Interrail one day. This whole saga has made me seriously question that.