Security News > 2020 > May > Easyjet hacked: 9 million people's data accessed plus 2,200 folks' credit card details grabbed
Budget British airline Easyjet has been hacked, it has told the stock markets, admitting nine million people's details were accessed and more than 2,000 customers' credit card details stolen.
Easyjet insists that the passport and credit card details of nearly all of those people were not affected.
2,208 unlucky souls within the group did have their credit card details nabbed.
The latter tweet shows a screen of what appears to be an Easyjet email explaining that "Name, travel destination, email address, and credit cards details [sic]" were accessed in the hack earlier this year.
He added that "On the recommendation of the ICO, we are communicating with the approximately 9 million customers whose travel details were accessed to advise them of protective steps to minimise any risk of potential phishing," saying the unlucky 9 million would be contacted by 26 May. Professor Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey speculated about the digital break-in: "So either credit card details [were] not encrypted or it's Magecart again. Can't see why they'd leave only 2,000 cards unencrypted, so suggests Magecart."