India – Air India Servers Cyberattack – Data of Million of Passengers Leaked include credit card details, passport info of Air India passengers
What Air India said in a statement ” This is to inform you that SITA PSS our data processor of the passenger service system (which is responsible for storing and processing of personal information of the passengers) had recently been subjected to a cybersecurity attack leading to a personal data leak of certain passengers. This incident affected
around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world”.
How much data is Breach from Air India Servers Cyberattack?
According to Air India press release ” The breach involved personal data registered between 26th August 2011 and 3rd February 2021, with details that included name, date of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket
information, Star Alliance and Air India frequent flyer data (but no passwords data were affected) as
well as credit card data. However, in respect of this last type of data, CVV/CVC numbers are not held
by our data processor”.
What Air India had done to ensure safety of Data?
The following measures were done to ensure the safety of the data were immediately taken:
• Investigating the data security incident;
• Securing the compromised servers;
• Engaging external specialists of data security incidents;
• Notifying and liaising with the credit card issuers;
• Resetting passwords of Air India FFP program.
Air India appeal passengers to change their passwords:-
The officials said “While we and our data processor continue to take remedial actions including but not limited to the
above, we would also encourage passengers to change passwords wherever applicable to ensure the safety of their personal data.
Air India is one of the Indian Flight that bring Covid 19 equipment from around the world to India in this Covid 19 Pandemic.
The cyberattack on Air India, according to the airline, has affected the data of around 45 lakh flyers around the world.
