More than 140,000 travellers with Norwegian affected by data leak
Data concerning 144,249 travellers on the Norwegian and Widerøe airlines, which are active across Scandinavia, has been leaked.
Data concerning 144,249 travellers on the Norwegian and Widerøe airlines, which are active across Scandinavia, has been leaked.
According to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK , this data could be used for "unwanted contact, targeted phishing emails or other fraud."
NRK reports that Norwegian informed the Norwegian Data Protection Authority of the breach in a letter, seen by both NRK and Danish public broadcaster DR.
Norwegian became aware of the breach on October 27th this year, although hackers have had access to the data since 2023.
According to NRK, the information was leaked due to an issue with Spanish booking platform Amadeus, which is used not just for flight bookings but also hotels and trains. It says that no payment details have been leaked. The broadcaster said that hackers had access to travel information from 75 public and private Norwegian companies.
The airline said in the letter to the Data Protection Authority that it is continuing to assess whether the leak is so serious that the company is required to inform affected passengers.
Swedish public broadcaster SVT recently reported a data breach at SAS , where details of over 350,000 travellers were leaked, also due to an issue with Amadeus.
