ROME – Tens of thousands of scans of passports and other IDs from tourists have been stolen from Italian hotel servers and put on sale on the dark web, Italy’s digital agency said.
The government agency “has detected illegal sales of identity documents that were allegedly stolen from hotels operating in Italy”, it said in a statement issued on Aug 13.
Stolen were “tens of thousands of high-resolution scans of passports, identity cards and other identification documents used by customers during check-in procedures”, the statement said.
The agency cited nearly 100,000 documents stolen by a perpetrator known by the pseudonym “mydocs”.
It said he had told potential buyers on the dark web that he obtained the documents “through unauthorised access to computer systems between June and August 2025”.
A total of 10 hotels in Italy are affected by the hack, but the agency did not rule out more cases being discovered.
It did not disclose the location of the hotels.
The agency also warned of consequences for victims, pointing out that the data could be used to create fake IDs, to open bank accounts or other crimes. AFP