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Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures

Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’ Successive politicians have clawed their way past colleagues over the years to call the residence home. Yet in an offer that probably seemed too good to be true, the property site Booking.com has been accused of “systemic security failures” after it was able to set up and accept payment for a fake listing f…

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Fake 10 Downing Street listing exposes 'unfit' Booking.com, says consumer group BBC News – Business
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Booking.com said the "limited test" was "not a true reflection of the experience of millions of listings or reviews".

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Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures

Fake 10 Downing Street listing exposes 'unfit' Booking.com, says consumer groupBBC News – Business
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Fake 10 Downing Street listing exposes 'unfit' Booking.com, says consumer group

Booking.com said the "limited test" was "not a true reflection of the experience of millions of listings or reviews".

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