Updates with particulars on the info breach, background
Could 21 (Reuters) – India’s nationwide airline Air India stated on Friday a cyber assault on its information processor in February affected about 4.5 million passengers world wide.
Air India, a member of worldwide airways consortium Star Alliance, stated the breach concerned private information, equivalent to title, contact, passport, ticket and bank card particulars, registered between Aug. 26, 2011 and Feb. 20, 2021. (https://bit.ly/3hL9z5A)
Earlier in March, the airline stated its information processor, SITA PSS (Passenger Service System), had knowledgeable a couple of cyber assault it was subjected to within the final week of February.
SITA serves the Star Alliance of airways together with Singapore Airways SIAL.SI, Lufthansa LHAG.DE and United UAL.O. (https://bit.ly/3bJyPVX)
Final 12 months British Airways incurred a 20 million pound high quality after failing to guard information that left greater than 400,000 of its prospects’ particulars the topic of a 2018 cyber assault.
Different main cyber incidents within the latest previous embrace one other London-listed airline, easyJet EZJ.L, which final 12 months stated hackers had accessed the e-mail and journey particulars of round 9 million prospects.
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Modifying by Amy Caren Daniel and Shinjini Ganguli)
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