Akasa Air issues apology after data breach, says no intentional attempt
Akasa Air suffered a data breach, allowing unauthorised individuals to view data of some of its customers, India’s new airline has admitted.
The airline apologised for the data breach, saying there was “no intentional hacking attempt” to break into its systems.
The airline said in a message posted on its website that a temporary technical configuration error related to our login and sign-up service was reported to us on Thursday August 25, 2022″.
“As a result of this configuration error, some Akasa Air registered user information limited to names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers may have been viewed by unauthorised individuals,” the company elaborated on Sunday.
