Not just Air India, passenger data of Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa also impacted in attack on AI servers

Air India on Friday revealed that the private data of 45 lakh customers were leaked in a massive cyberattack in February.

Air India on Friday revealed that the private data of 45 lakh customers were leaked in a massive cyberattack in February. The data that has been leaked includes the names, date of birth, contact information and ticket information of the customers registered between 26th August 11 and February 3, 2021. Turns out that Air India is not the only airline company that has been affected by the data breach. The cyberattack on SITA PSS had impacted the companies including Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific, SAS-Scandinavian Airlines, Finland’s Finnair, Jeju Air, and Air New Zealand in March. Air India was also one of them, but the company notified its customers about it only in May. This is because SITA, a multinational company that provides services to the air transport industry was subjected to a cyberattack. Almost every airline company flight relies on SITA technology. SITA had confirmed being a victim of a cyberattack in March and said that it has been involved in a sophisticated attack. “SITA confirms that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, leading to a data security incident involving certain passenger data that was stored on SITA Passenger Service System (US) Inc. servers. Passenger Service System (US) Inc. (“SITA PSS”) operates passenger processing systems for airlines.SITA acted swiftly and initiated targeted containment measures. The matter remains under continued investigation by SITA’s Security Incident Response Team with the support of leading external experts in cyber-security,” the company said in a statement.