Top executives of Cathay Pacific were questioned this week by Hong Kong officials on the airline’s breach that affected around 9.4 million passengers. While the executives said that they are already working with 27 regulators in 15 jurisdictions, they refused to comment on whether affected...
The National Privacy Commission said last week that Cathay Pacific may not have accurately reported what it knew about its data breach at the time it confirmed unauthorized access, and what the affected data fields are. The NPC said that it had ordered the Hong...
Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Stephen Kai-yi Wong said this week that it is conducting a compliance probe into Cathay Pacific’s data breach where it will examine security measures taken by the airline to safeguard its customers’ private data, as well as its...
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Stephen Wong recently said in a radio interview that there are no laws in Hong Kong that can force companies like Cathay Pacific to disclose their data leaks to his office, or to the parties affected. Wong added that the...
Cathay Pacific warned its customers this week to guard against suspicious links as they are expecting a surge of phishing attacks to hit their passengers following the airline’s recently revealed data breach. On its website, the airline reminded passengers that it will only be sending information...
Cathay Pacific may be able to escape harsh penalties under Hong Kong, US, and EU privacy laws since its data breach was discovered three months before May 25, which is the date the GDPR came into effect. The breach exposed a total of 403 expired credit...
Cathay Pacific airlines disclosed this week that it had been hit by a breach which is estimated to affect around 9.4 million individuals. The Hong Kong-based airline said that passenger information such as names, nationality, date of birth, phone number, email address, passport number, identity card...