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The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 210GB of data after breaching the network of Air Canada, the country's largest airline and a founding member of Star Alliance. BianLian claims to have exfiltrated technical and operational data spanning from 2008 to 2023, including details about the company's technical and security challenges, SQL backups, personal information of employees, data regarding vendors and suppliers, confidential documents, and archives from company databases.
Air Canada, the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, disclosed a cyber security incident this week in which hackers "Briefly" obtained limited access to its internal systems."An unauthorized group briefly obtained limited access to an internal Air Canada system related to limited personal information of some employees and certain records," reads a statement published Wednesday, September 20th, on Air Canada's press website.
Air Canada this week notified customers of malicious activity around its mobile app and prompted users to reset their passwords, as a precautionary measure. read more
Air Canada has suffered a data breach and is forcing a password reset on all 1.7 million users of its mobile app, though apparently only 20,000 of the mobile app accounts were accessed by the...
Air Canada has been forced to issue a password reset for all 1.7 million users of its Android, iOS and BlackBerry mobile app after up to 20,000 accounts were compromised by hackers last week.
Air Canada said 20,000 mobile app users have had passport information exposed; and millions have been affected by a breach at Asian hotel giant Huazhu.
Airline Hits Password-Nuke Button, Forces Reset on 1.7 Million AccountsAir Canada is forcing 1.7 million mobile app account users to reset their passwords after it detected unusual login behavior...
Air Canada has confirmed a data breach that may have affected about 20,000 customers of its 1.7 million mobile app users. The company said it had "detected unusual log-in behavior" on its mobile...