A million Park’N Fly customers have had their sensitive data stolen after the company suffered a cyberattack.
The news was confirmed in a data breach notification letter sent out by the company, which noted the threat actors accessed the company’s IT infrastructure in July 2024 using stolen VPN credentials. The crooks stole people’s full names, email addresses, postal addresses, Aeroplan numbers, and CAA numbers. No payment data was taken, the company confirmed.
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Source: MSN News
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