Personal Details Of 45 Lakh Passengers Leaked After Cyberattack On Air India Server
New Delhi, 22nd May 2021: Indian airline company Air India has faced a major cyberattack on its processor of passenger service system, handled by technology provider SITA. In this, Personal data of around 45 lakh passengers were leaked.
According to a statement released by Air India, the company’s data processor of the passenger service system SITA PSS, which is responsible for storing and processing of personal information of the passengers had recently been subjected to a cybersecurity attack leading to personal data leak of certain passengers.
The breach involved the personal data of passengers (name, contact, passport information, ticket information, credit card details) who registered between August 26, 2011, and February 20, 2021.
The airline said “We have launched an investigation into the data security incident and the compromised servers have been secured. Besides, the company has reached out to credit card issuers to notify them about the data breach.”
The airline also said that they are in contact with various agencies in India and foreign countries. As of now, we haven’t observed any abnormal activity after securing the compromised servers, the airline said.
