New Delhi: According to news, about 4.5 million users’ data has been leaked in a big cyber attack on global airlines including Air India. In this attack, the hacker has infiltrated many important data including Passport, Credit Card. Significantly, the airline companies that have had this cyber attack include Malaysia Airlines, Finnair, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, and Cathay Pacific.
In fact, Air India has said in a message sent to its affected customers that there has been a cyberattack on its SITA Pss server, in which the personal information of the customers is stored and processed. It is being told that this breach has been done in the Storkia data from 26 August 2011 to 20 February 2021.
Air India has said in a message sent to its affected customers that a cyber attack has taken place on its SITA Pss server, in which the personal information of the customers is stored and processed. Store data has been breached from 26 August 2011 to 20 February 2021.
With this, Air India said that its server was hooked up in February of this year. Air India has also given information in this regard on its website. Now the company says that the personal information of passengers has been stolen in this cyber attack. In this way, the data of about 45 lakh passengers have been stolen, including passport and credit card information.
Not only this, details of customers’ names, birth dates, phone numbers, passport details, ticket information, regular passengers and credit cards, etc. have also been leaked in this cyber attack. However, Air India has stated that the CVV and CVC numbers of the credit card were not stored at all on this server.
Now the company has said in its defense that an external specialist has been hired to investigate the data security incident. With this, now the password of Air India’s FFP program is being changed. At the same time, Air India has asked its passengers to change the password so that their further data will be completely safe.
