Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years

The ICO found a “catalog of errors,” including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus. Continue reading Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years

Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific for “a number of basic security inadequacies” which resulted in hackers stealing the data of 9.4 million people worldwide – including 111,578 from t… Continue reading Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide

Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific for “a number of basic security inadequacies” which resulted in hackers stealing the data of 9.4 million people worldwide – including 111,578 from t… Continue reading Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide

Airlines and Personal Data: A Flight of Fancy

When you purchase a ticket for a flight, be it domestic or international, most are thinking of the purpose of that ticket: to travel from point A to point B. Those invested in the privacy and compliance discussion have since the dawn of the internet n… Continue reading Airlines and Personal Data: A Flight of Fancy

Post-breach, Cathay Pacific hit by group action by UK law firm

Fresh from launching a £500 million group action against British Airways after a serious security breach, a UK law firm has wasted no time responding to the announcement last week of a hack at Cathay Pacific which saw the personal data of 9.4 million C… Continue reading Post-breach, Cathay Pacific hit by group action by UK law firm

Most GandCrab Ransomware Victims Can Now Recover Their Files for Free

Businesses and home users affected by the latest versions of GandCrab ransomware can now recover their locked files for free, thanks to a new decryption tool developed by researchers from antivirus vendor Bitdefender in collaboration with the Romanian… Continue reading Most GandCrab Ransomware Victims Can Now Recover Their Files for Free

Cathay Pacific hit by massive data breach; 10 million passengers affected

By Waqas
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 9.4 million customers has been stolen by unknown hackers. Cathay Pacific states that the stolen data includes passenger name, date of… Continue reading Cathay Pacific hit by massive data breach; 10 million passengers affected

Hong Kong airline hacked, 9.4 million customers affected

Cathay Pacific Airways has released a notice announcing it has discovered “unauthorized access” to data belonging to 9.4 million passengers, including names, nationalities, phone numbers, email, physical address, and more. “The Compan… Continue reading Hong Kong airline hacked, 9.4 million customers affected

Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers

Most people in the world would describe it as a company “admitting they’ve been hacked.”
But if you’re the breached company and want to apply the maximum amount of PR spin, you might instead issue a release saying you’re “announcing a data security eve… Continue reading Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers