Security News > 2021 > August > Bangkok Airways hit by LockBit ransomware attack, loses lotsa data after refusing to pay
Bangkok Airways has revealed it was the victim of a cyberattack from ransomware group LockBit on August 23rd, resulting in the publishing of stolen data.
Bangkok Airways' announcement about the matter came last Thursday, a day after LockBit posted a message on its dark web portal threatening the airline to pay a ransom or suffer a data leak.
Competing claims about the resulting data dump rate it at 103GB and over 200GB. The data mostly contained business-related documents, but there was some passenger personal data in the mix.
The personal data may have included names, nationalities, gender, phone number, email, address, passport information, travel history, partial credit card numbers and even meal preferences.
The latter group was advised to beware of scammers - especially anyone posing as Bangkok Airways asking for information like credit card details.
Rumors swirled that the cybercrims demanded $50 million in cryptocurrency from the consulting MNC. The deadline was continually moved forward until Accenture concluded the stolen data was not significant.
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