U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office issues largest penalty possible under UK’s older data protection laws. Breach exposed personal information of 9.4 million customers, including 111,000 British citizens. Names, passport and identity details, dates of birth, postal and email addresses, phone numbers and historical travel information were exposed. The breach started in 2014 and was discovered and fixed in 2018, according to the UK’s Information Commissioner. A Cathay Pacific spokesman says the airline has taken steps over the last two years to improve IT security.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/cathay-pacific-airlines-fined-over-data-breach-a-13879