4.5 Million Air India Passengers' Sensitive Data Exposed

Air India has reported that 4.5 million passengers' personal information was exposed in a third-party data breach. Although revealed about two months ago, the real scale of the breach has come out this week, according to Infosecurity Magazine.   The incident had an effect on SITA, an IT provider that claims to represent 90% of the aviation industry. Attackers gained access to servers that run passenger processing systems for airline clients.  Air India stated they were first aware of the attack on February 25. However, the company was unable to confirm the number of people affected until SITA informed it on March 25 and 5. The statement noted “The breach involved personal data registered between August 26 2011 and February 3 2021, with details that included name, date of birth, contact information, passp...