Cathay Pacific joins airlines hit by data breach
Source: The Straits Times
Published on: 2026-10-30 10:18
The breach has hit several airlines, including Japan Airlines, ANA Holdings, Korean Air Lines and Condor, showing wider risk across the aviation industry. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said it had joined a growing list of global airlines affected by a data breach at a major software provider. Cathay said around 53,000 bookings were affected by unauthorised access to reservation data held by Amadeus IT Group between August 2023 and September 2026. Most affected records contained booking references, passenger names and flight details, though a smaller subset potentially included e-mail and phone contacts and travel document information, it said in a statement on Oct 30. The incident is being investigated and is not impacting Cathay's systems or operations. The Amadeus breach has affected a number of major airlines. Japan Airlines has said around 92,000 customer recor...
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