Air India server hacked; data of 4.5 million consumers compromised

Personal details like passport, credit card and frequent flier data of about 4.5 million Air India consumers has been compromised after the airline’s passenger system – managed by SITA – was hit by a cybersecurity attack in February this year, the airline said.

“This is to inform that SITA PSS our data processor of the passenger service system (which is responsible for storing and processing of personal information of the passengers) had recently been subjected to a cybersecurity attack leading to personal data leak of certain passengers. This incident affected around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world,” the national carrier said in a statement.