Amadeus breach exposes about 53,000 Cathay Pacific bookings
SpilloverSpillover from the Amadeus incident · View original incident →Unauthorized access using credentials for an Amadeus system account exposed data on about 53,000 Cathay Pacific bookings. The exposed data was mainly passenger names, booking numbers and flight details, and some records may also have included contact details, travel document information and frequent flyer membership numbers. Cathay Pacific disclosed the harm to the booking data.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Cathay Pacific
- Original incident
- Amadeus reservation system breach exposes passenger data at multiple airlines
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data on about 53,000 bookings
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access using credentials for an Amadeus system account
- Location
- Hong Kong SAR China
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Timeline
- The exposure of names, booking numbers and flight details for about 53,000 Cathay Pacific bookings was reported.
- Cathay Pacific reported harm to booking data from the Amadeus breach and the possible exposure of some contact, travel document and frequent flyer information.
- It was reported that some of the booking data that may have been exposed also included frequent flyer membership numbers.
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
Unauthorized access to the reservation system of Spanish travel technology company Amadeus exposed passenger booking data at multiple airlines. In addition to 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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