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Air India servers hacked, credit card details of fliers stolen: Here is everything we know about it so far
Air India on Friday evening said that its servers have been hacked and data, including credit card details and personal information like date of birth of fliers, has been stolen. The servers are now secure, says Air India.
India Today Tech | May 21, 2021 | Updated 22:40 IST
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Data of potentially millions of customers has been stolen.
Air India says that it is informing affected fliers by email.
Air India on Friday said that it has suffered a massive data breach, resulting from an attack on its servers by unknown hackers. Air India had talked about the hacking attack earlier in March, but the company says that it is only now when it has been able to ascertain that data of some 4500000 fliers has been leaked. This leaked data includes credit card details but according to Air India not the CVV or CVC number as well personal details like date of birth.