Cyber attack on Air India server, Data of passengers’ passport & credit card details leaked

New Delhi : The data of 45 lakh passengers has been leaked in a major cyber attack on global airlines including Air India. Many important data including passports, credit cards have been breached. The airlines on which this cyber attack has taken place include Malaysia Airlines, Finnair, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Cathay Pacific.

Air India has said in a message to its affected customers that a cyber attack has taken place on its SITA Pss server, in which customers’ personal information is stored and processed. Data stored from 26 August 2011 to 20 February 2021 has been breached.

Details of customers’ names, birth dates, phone numbers, passport details, ticket information, regular passengers and credit cards have been leaked in the cyber attack. Air India stated that the CVV and CVC numbers of the credit card were not stored in this server.