Australia’s Qantas says cyber criminal contacts one week after data breach

A cyber criminal has made contact with Australia’s Qantas following a data breach last week that exposed personal information of six million customers, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The hacker had targeted a call centre and gained access Read More …

Qantas hit by cyber attack, leaving 6 million customer records at risk of data breach

Qantas is warning a “significant” amount of customer data has likely been stolen from its records during a cyber attack. The airline has released a statement saying that, on Monday, it detected unusual activity on a third-party platform used by Read More …

US airline industry quietly selling flight data to DHS

A data broker owned by some of America’s biggest airlines has been selling access to customer flight data to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The data, compiled by data broker Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), includes names, flight itineraries, Read More …

Cyberattack on JAL delays some flights, disrupts operations

Japan Airlines announced on Dec. 26 that its computer network was hit by a cyberattack, which delayed some flights while the company worked to restore the system and resume normal operations. According to JAL, the cyberattack caused a heavy access Read More …

Air Europa says customer data may have been compromised in October breach

Spanish airline Air Europa said on Friday personal data of its customers may have been compromised in a security incident that was detected in October last year. The company’s investigation showed that name, ID card or passport details, date of Read More …

Kenya Airways suffers passenger data breach in cyber attack

Cybercriminals attacked Kenya Airways’ (KQ) information systems and obtained sensitive information, including contact details and identification documents, of passengers and staff of the airline, an authoritative source at KQ has confirmed. The cyber attack, which occurred late last month, led Read More …

KLM, Air France passenger data was improperly secured, and vulnerable to data theft

A large amount of personal data belonging to airline passengers who flew on KLM and Air France was not properly secured, and was somewhat readily available for theft, according to NOS and information technology security researcher Benjamin Broersma. The security Read More …

Scandinavian Airlines hit by cyber attack

Scandinavian airline SAS said it was hit by a cyber attack Tuesday evening and urged customers to refrain from using its app but later said it had fixed the problem. News reports said the hack paralyzed the carrier’s website and Read More …

Suspected Iranian hackers target airline with new backdoor

A suspected, state-sponsored Iranian threat group has attacked an airline with a never-before-seen backdoor. On Wednesday, cybersecurity researchers from IBM Security X-Force said an Asian airline was the subject of the attack, which likely began in October 2019 until 2021. Read More …