Cathay Pacific hit by data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers

October 24, 2018 21:38

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kongs flag carrier, has suffered a huge data leak, revealing late on Wednesday that someone gained unauthorised access to the data of up to 9.4 million passengers, including passport numbers, contact details and travel histories.

The airline said in a press release that it had no evidence that any personal information has been misused and was in the process of contacting affected customers, having already informed the Hong Kong police.

We are very sorry for any concern this data security event may cause our passengers, said Rupert Hogg, the airlines chief executive. We acted immediately to contain the event, commence a thorough investigation with the assistance of a leading cyber security firm, and to further strengthen our IT security measures.

It said the combination of data accessed varied by passenger but included passenger name, nationality, date of birth, contact details, passport number, identity card number, frequent flyer programme membership number and historical travel information.

It added that no passwords and only a small number of credit cards were compromised.

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