Walibi does not file a report against a reporter of a data breach

Amusement park Walibi does not file a report against the developer who pointed out a data breach to the company and asked for free tickets. The headmistress accepted the man’s apology that his request could be interpreted as extortion.

The director of Walibi has notified the developer, Jan van Kampen, in an e-mail that the amusement park is not reporting. She states that she accepts the man’s apology, according to Van Kampen. He reports that he is happy that the report has been filed, but cannot appreciate the way of communication by Walibi “which contains zero sympathy, self-reflection or putting things into perspective”.

He points to the end of the e-mail, which reads: “However, the police are fully aware and a report will certainly be made after a next time. We assume that it will not come to that.” He is incensed about Walibi’s extreme reaction and the fact that he has been called a blackmailer, which he says is not the case.

He did, however, apologize on Wednesday that his report could come across that way. The developer informed Walibi about data breaches several times in the past. In a report, he said he was offered by e-mail to do ‘a round of the park’, but then contact stopped. In a recent report about a new data breach, he provided his email with the subject: ‘Exchange data breach for tickets?’ In the mail he asked for four tickets to the park and the haunted houses. In it, Walibi saw ‘grounds for extortion’, after which the roller coaster amusement park threatened to report it.