Quest Apartments customers have been advised to check their passports and driver’s licences with authorities after identification numbers were among information compromised in a data breach.
The company at first told affected customers information dating from before June 2025, including names, email addresses and other contact details, had been accessed.
Affected customers were told in a text message forensic analysis had identified further categories of information involved in the incident.
Quest said 104,268 records containing a passport and/or driver’s licence number were affected, although it stressed no scanned copies of the identification documents were compromised.
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Quest said 104,268 records containing a passport and/or driver’s licence number were affected.
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Quest Apartments customers have been advised to check their passports and driver’s licences with authorities after identification numbers were among information compromised in a data breach.
The warning comes after Quest’s investigation into a data breach, first revealed in August, found more personal information had been exposed.
The company at first told affected customers information dating from before June 2025, including names, email addresses and other contact details, had been accessed.
The accommodation provider has now confirmed passport and driver’s licence numbers were among the additional information compromised, alongside credit card numbers, including CVV numbers, and other personal information.
Affected customers were told in a text message forensic analysis had identified further categories of information involved in the incident.
Information relating to 1,991,613 customers was affected in the breach.
Quest said 104,268 records containing a passport and/or driver’s licence number were affected, although it stressed no scanned copies of the identification documents were compromised.
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