46,000 Bookings, Customer Data Affected: Singapore Airlines On Amadeus Breach

Singapore: Singapore Airlines said on Tuesday that about 46,000 booking records may have been affected by a cybersecurity incident involving Amadeus, its reservation technology provider.The airline joins Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, South Korea's Asiana Airlines and others that have reported that customer data was compromised in the Amadeus breach. Malaysia Airlines also said some of its customer information may have been affectedSingapore's flag carrier said that data exposed by the breach included customers' names, booking reference numbers, travel itineraries and booking classesInformation including email addresses, phone numbers, travel document details, and KrisFlyer membership numbers may also have been accessed for about 620 booking records, the company saidIt added that Amadeus confirmed that bank account or credit card information had not been leaked and bookings were not modifiedSingapore Airlines said it was reaching out to affected customers with upcoming travel plans to change their booking reference numbers as a precautionThe airline also confirmed that its IT systems were not breachedAmadeus said it had become aware of a vulnerability affecting a travel booking display environment but did not respond to a question on how many customers' data were affectedIn recent days, Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines reported that the breach had affected data involving 53,000 bookings and 92,000 customers, respectively(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)