- Unidentified computer pirates access Air France and KLM through a third -party service provider
- The attackers stole names, contact data and more
- Passport data were not compromised
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have recently confirmed that they suffer cyber attacks in which both airlines lost confidential data of customers.
The companies, both owned by the same airline company, sent data violation notification letters to the affected customers, and in a statement shared with TweakersKLM said the incident occurred when threat actors broke into an external service provider.
“An unusual activity was detected on a third -party platform used by our contact centers, which led to our IT security team, together with the third -party system involved, to quickly implement corrective measures to end the incident,” said the company too. Cybernews.
Was it a scattered spider?
We do not know exactly how many people were affected by rape, but airlines transport more than 80 million people every year.
The stolen information in this attack includes the complete names of people, contact data, flying blue level numbers and level levels, and emails of matters for subject service.
Fortunately, passport numbers, payment card details, passwords or Flying Blue Miles balances (the airline loyalty program) were not stolen.
There was no news about the attackers, and no one attributed the responsibility of the attack.
However, at the end of June 2025, the FBI warned that dispersed computer pirates were now increasing to airlines.
Spiders dispersed spider works by enhancing the company’s staff and convincing Ti department support employees that they lost access to their corporate accounts.
After obtaining the initial access, they draw the company, identify high -level people and then repeat the process until they get access to accounts through which they can steal data.
The piracy group hit Qantas in early July 2025, and Hawaiian Airlines at the end of June, and Russian Aeroflot, American Globalx and Canadian Westjet have suffered similar incidents in recent months.
