The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday that International Consolidated Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways, said that a security breach that was found in October had resulted in the compromising of the personal information of Air Europa’s customers.
The data breach revealed information such as identity cards or passport numbers, names, birthdays, phone numbers, and nationalities of customers, according to an email sent by IAG to the clientele of the Spanish carrier Air Europa. It further stated that there was no proof of fraudulent use of the data.
IAG and Air Europa did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
Madrid-based Air Europa in October suffered a cyber attack on its online payment system that left some of its customers’ credit card details exposed. The carrier at the time said no other information was exposed without specifying the number of customers affected.
Last year, IAG agreed to pay 400 million euros ($434.48 million) to Spain’s Globalia for the remaining 80% of airline Air Europa it did not already own.
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