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EasyJet: data from 9 million fleeing customers, including bank cards

The airline EasyJet has announced that it has been the victim of a hacking, which has resulted in the leakage of data from some 9 million customers. Quite worryingly, bank card data is part of the loot.

In a very sober press release published on Tuesday 19 May, the British airline Easyjet announced that it had been the target of an attack “Highly sophisticated”, which has enabled unauthorized access to data for approximately 9 million of its customers. The e-mail and travel history addresses of all interested parties may have been copied by the intruder (s). In addition, they had access to bank card data from very exactly 2,208 customers.

EasyJet says steps were taken as soon as the attack was discovered to stop the intrusion and the situation is resolved “Extremely seriously”. People whose means of payment have leaked have already been notified and benefit from support by the company to protect themselves from any abuse. The 9 million or so affected customers will also be contacted within a few days, and no later than May 26. Any customer who has not received a communication by then is, in principle, not affected by these events.

According to the first elements of the survey, no use of the data seems to have been made yet, but all interested parties are urged to redouble their vigilance in view of potential phishing attempts. EasyJet recommends in particular to be very attentive to messages sent on its behalf soon. The company says it quickly sought assistance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO, the British CNIL), as well as the National Cyber ​​Security Center.

Insofar as bank card data could have been removed, which raises the question of the adequacy of the security measures in place, the ICO could, however, fine EasyJet at the end of its investigation. In fact, remember that in 2018, British Airways had let down the data of many customers, including 380,000 bank card numbers, with, in 2019, a fine of £ 183 million (about 204 millions of euros).

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