Canada’s second largest airline Westjet said that personal information of 1.2 million passengers was stolen earlier this year in cyber attacks and data breeches.
Airline revealed the number of affected passengers In a filing Along with Main’s Attorney General, which confirmed that 240 residents in the state were also affected.
According to the notice, stolen data may include passenger names, date of birth, postal addresses and travel documents, including passports and government identification documents issued by the government, as well as other passenger housing, such as requests and complaints.
Westjet said that information related to the customer award can also be obtained, including the balance balance and other information related to reward accounts.
The Canadian airline giant revealed a security incident in June when its system was discovered that its system was violated and found that hackers had stolen data from their network.
Westjet spokesperson Jennifer Booth did not answer Techchchan’s questions about Brech on arrival by email.
Media report Is connected The Westjet is known as a scattered spider to have a hacking group, mostly an economically inspired group of English -speaking teenagers and young adults, helping it to call and helps employees to provide access to corporate networks.
The FBI and cyber security firms warned earlier this year that there were hackers Transport and Aviation Industry TargetAustralian airline Qantas was reportedly hacked By the same groupAs a result of the theft of personal information of more than 6 million customers.
