Over 40,000 Singapore Airlines booking records affected by third-party data breach
The names of some Singapore Airlines (SIA) customers and their travel booking details were accessed without authorisation after airline technology provider Amadeus suffered a data breach.Amadeus, which supports certain SIA reservations and booking processes, shared with Singapore's flag carrier that data from about 46,000 SIA booking records was compromised.An SIA spokesperson told AsiaOne that for about 620 booking records, additional information including email addresses, phone numbers, travel document details, and KrisFlyer membership numbers may have been accessed too.The Spanish firm has confirmed to SIA that the exposed data does not include bank account or credit card information, and the unauthorised access also did not result in any modification to bookings."The incident was confined to Amadeus' platform, and Amadeus has informed SIA that it has implemented containment measures and additional security safeguards following the incident," the spokesperson added."SIA would like to assure all customers that the incident did not involve a breach of its IT systems."