EasyJet says hackers stole 9 million customers' personal data, including email addresses and credit card details
EasyJet has been hit with a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of roughly 9 million customers, the company said Tuesday.
EasyJet said it has closed off the unauthorized access and will notify affected customers this week. EasyJet was hacked by a "highly sophisticated source" who stole personal information of around 9 million customers, the company said in a statement Tuesday. "We would like to apologise to those customers who have been affected by this incident," EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said in a statement. "We take the cyber security of our systems very seriously and have robust security measures in place to protect our customers' personal information. However, this is an evolving threat as cyber attackers get ever more sophisticated."
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