Subj : Air Europa customers warned their data may have been leaked
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 22 2024 11:30:05

Air Europa customers warned their data may have been leaked

Date:
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:21:02 +0000

Description:
Further details about the incident, revealed by Air Europa parent IAG, are 
not available at this time

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Another major airline company has suffered a cyberattack which resulted in 
sensitive customer data leaking to the hackers. 

A report from the Wall Street Journal claims Air Europa was hit by an 
incident discovered in October 2023. 

The news was confirmed by International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), 
the Anglo-Spanish multinational airline holding company that acquired Air 
Europa in 2023 for roughly 500 million. Airlines under attack 

IAG has reportedly sent out a breach notification email to affected 
individuals, telling them that their names, dates of birth, nationalities, ID 
cards, passport information, and phone numbers, have all been taken by the 
hackers. 

We dont know exactly how many people are affected by this incident, but Air 
Europa claims to service roughly 12 million people a year. 

So far, there is no evidence of the data being misused on the dark web, but 
If it were to happen, the resulting inconvenience would be limited in any 
case, Air Europa allegedly said in the email. 

Airlines are a popular target for hackers. In January 2024, one of the 
biggest aircraft leasing companies in the world suffered a ransomware attack 
that resulted in the theft of sensitive corporate data. AerCap confirmed the 
news in a 6-K form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC) in which it experienced a cybersecurity incident related to ransomware. 

The company played down the effect of the incident, noting, We have full 
control of all of our IT systems and to date, we have suffered no financial 
loss related to this incident." 

And In late November 2023, Gulf Air, the national air carrier for the Kingdom 
of Bahrain, confirmed suffering a data breach . The data breach incident 
allegedly happened on November 24, and resulted in the compromise of some 
information from its email and client database due to unauthorized access. 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/air-europa-customers-warned-their-data-
may-have-been-leaked


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