Subj : Air Canada reports data breach, employee data affected
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Sep 25 2023 17:00:04

Air Canada reports data breach, employee data affected

Date:
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:38:09 +0000

Description:
It's still unknown who stole internal Air Canada data, but we do know that 
customer information was not accessed.

FULL STORY
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Air Canada has suffered a cyberattack in which some employee information was 
accessed. 

The news was confirmed by the airline itself, via a press release published 
on the companys website, where a statement revealed, "an unauthorized group 
briefly obtained limited access to an internal Air Canada system related to 
limited personal information of some employees and certain records." 

The airlines operations continued as usual, as both internal and external 
systems were not affected by the incident, the company confirmed. Customer 
information was also not tampered with. Missing details 

"We have since implemented further enhancements to our security measures, 
including with the help of leading global cyber security experts, to prevent 
such incidents in the future as part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining 
the security of the data we hold," the company added. 

The police and other relevant organizations have been notified, the 
announcement concludes. 

Other than this, Air Canada did not disclose further details, meaning there 
are quite a few unanswered questions. For example, we dont know who the 
threat actors behind the incident were, or what they were actually after. We 
dont know how they managed to infiltrate Air Canadas systems, was this a 
successful phishing attack, or a zero-day vulnerability abused through 
malware. Finally, we dont know if this was a ransomware attack, although, 
given the fact that the companys systems remained operational throughout the 
incident, its unlikely. 

We do know that this is not Air Canadas first rodeo. In 2018, 
BleepingComputer reminds, profile information of 20,000 mobile app users was 
accessed, forcing the company to lock out 1.7 million mobile app accounts 
until the issue was resolved. 

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the best privacy tools right now



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/air-canada-reports-data-breach-employee
-data-affected


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