350,000 SAS passengers may have had details leaked in major data breach
Hundreds of thousands of SAS passengers may have had their booking details exposed in a massive data breach.
Hundreds of thousands of SAS passengers may have had their booking details exposed in a massive data breach.
SAS has reported the incident to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY), Swedish public broadcaster SVT reports.
The airline states that the suspected leak primarily involves older bookings and completed journeys. The compromised information reportedly includes booking references, dates, passenger headcounts and other flight-related details.
In total, 350,164 people have been impacted by the incident, according to SAS. The airline has not notified the affected passengers individually, but noted that this decision could change if new information comes to light.
The leak occurred within the global travel reservation system Amadeus, an IT platform used by airlines worldwide.
"SAS is aware of the security incident reported by Amadeus and has been informed that certain booking information linked to SAS has been affected," SAS said in a written statement to SVT.
The airline added that "the necessary reports to the relevant supervisory authorities" have been submitted.
Finnair has also been caught up in the fallout. In a press release, the carrier stated that roughly 116,000 of its flight reservations may have been compromised, adding that the breach encompasses several international airlines beyond Finnair.
On Friday, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported that unauthorised parties may have had access to records within the Amadeus booking system for as long as three years, with Norwegian Air passengers among those affected.
