Cathay Pacific

1 breach9.4M affected in allTransportcathaypacific.com

Breach exposed 9.4M passengers' data; ICO fine of GBP 500,000Hacking exposed names, government IDs, dates of birth, phone numbers, emails, addresses and payment cards.Hacking9.4M affectedTransportHKOct 24, 2018

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status2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24settled

fine_usd2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24640000

lawsuit2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24GBP 500,000 ICO fine (March 2020)

data_types2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24["names","government-id","dob","phone","emails","addresses","payment-card","other"]

discovered2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-242018-03

summary2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24Attackers entered Cathay Pacific systems via an internet-facing server as early as October 2014 and installed malware to harvest data, exposing names, passport and ID details, birth dates, contact details and travel history of about 9.4 mil

title2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24Breach exposed 9.4M passengers' data; ICO fine of GBP 500,000

Added2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific, 2018-10-24

Added2026-09-25

Cathay Pacific