Cyber-attack disrupts South African Airways website and operating systems
On 3 May 2025, South African Airways suffered disruption to its website, mobile app and some internal operating systems due to a cyber incident. The affected systems were restored the same day, and an investigation into whether data had been accessed or leaked was launched. As of 14 May, no evidence of a customer data leak had been found.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- South African Airways
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-05-03
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to the website, mobile app and some internal operating systems
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- South Africa
Timeline
- A cyber incident disrupted key systems, and the affected systems were restored the same day.
- It was reported that an investigation into whether data had been accessed or leaked had been launched.
- South African Airways said it had not yet found evidence of a customer data leak.
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