What We Know
Cathay Pacific said unauthorised access to passenger reservation data held by Amadeus affected about 53,000 bookings.3Backed by 3 sourcesstreetinsider.comcathaypacific.comnst.com.my Cathay said the incident involved a third-party service provider and was not affecting its own systems or flight operations.3Backed by 3 sourcescathaypacific.comSouth China Morning Poststraitstimes.com
Reports said the exposed information in most Cathay cases involved passenger names, although the available material does not provide a complete list of affected data fields.1Backed by 1 sourcesSouth China Morning Post Malaysia Airlines separately said its customers may have been affected by the Amadeus breach, with information processed between August 2023 and September 2026 potentially involved.1Backed by 1 sourcesCNA The incident has also been reported as affecting other major airlines, including Korean Air and Asiana, though the supplied material does not give details of their impact.1Backed by 1 sourcesbusinesstimes.com.sg
Cathay Pacific was reported as part of a wider group of airlines affected by the breach, with its systems and operations described as unaffected while the incident remained under investigation.1Context from one sourcestraitstimes.com
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- CNA↗Malaysia Airlines said its customers may have been affected, with information processed during the stated period potentially involved.
- streetinsider.com↗The report states that unauthorised access to Amadeus data affected 53,000 Cathay Pacific bookings.
- cathaypacific.com↗Cathay identified the incident as involving a third-party service provider and reported that its own systems and flight operations were unaffected.
- businesstimes.com.sg↗The report places Cathay among airlines affected by the breach and names Korean Air and Asiana as other major airlines hit.
- South China Morning Post↗The report links the incident to a third-party service provider, says Cathay's systems and operations were unaffected, and says most cases involved exposed passenger names.
- nst.com.my↗The report states that about 53,000 Cathay Pacific bookings were affected by unauthorised access to passenger reservation data.