Earlier Amadeus breach exposed data of 144,249 Norwegian and Widerøe passengers
SpilloverSpillover from the Amadeus incident · View original incident →Data belonging to 144,249 Norwegian and Widerøe passengers was confirmed to have been exposed in a breach at external reservation technology provider Amadeus. Evidence of unauthorised access to Amadeus systems was found spanning August 2023 to September 2026, and the vulnerability was closed on 23 September 2026. Norwegian notified the supervisory authority and is assessing whether affected passengers need to be notified individually. The specific types of information exposed about the two airlines’ passengers have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Norwegian
- Original incident
- Amadeus reservation system breach exposes passenger data at multiple airlines
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2023-08
- Scale of damage
- Information belonging to 144,249 passengers
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Norway
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Timeline
- The exposure of information belonging to 144,249 Norwegian and Widerøe passengers became public.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Amadeus incident.
Amadeus reservation system breach exposes passenger data at multiple airlines
Impact: Passenger booking data exposed at multiple airlines
Unauthorised access to the reservation system of Spanish travel technology company Amadeus exposed passenger booking data at multiple airlines. Alongside names and itinerary details, some passport numbers and contact details were exposed, with Japan Airlines, ANA and Cathay Pacific among the affected airlines. Further reports followed from Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and others, while Thailand's aviation authorities confirmed that Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways were affected among seven major airlines.
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