Malaysia Airlines says customers may be affected by Amadeus breach - CNA
The incident may have affected information processed between August 2023 and September 2026, the airline said on Sunday (Nov 1).
Malaysia Airlines planes parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 01 Nov 2026 01:01PM Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday (Nov 1) that some customer information may have been affected by a cybersecurity incident involving Amadeus, its reservation-technology provider.
The airline joins Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, South Korea’s Asiana Airlines and others in recent days that have reported customer data was compromised in the Amadeus breach.
Malaysia’s flag carrier said in a statement that the incident may have affected information processed between August 2023 and September 2026.
The airline said it is working with Amadeus and relevant parties to investigate the incident and assess its impact.
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The airline encouraged customers to remain vigilant against suspicious or unsolicited communications, particularly those requesting personal or financial information.
Amadeus said it had become aware of a vulnerability affecting a travel booking display environment but did not respond to a question on how many customers’ data were affected.
In recent days, Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines reported that the breach had affected data involving 53,000 bookings and 92,000 customers, respectively.
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