Cybersecurity Threat Report for May 19th, 2020
Data Breach of UK Airline EasyJet
Briefing
Information is scarce but it is being reported that 9 million customers were impacted by the breach. ZDNet reports that the data breach was said to be “Highly Sophisticated”. Without any details of the attack vector or the payload we cannot assume the relative complexity of the attack. It appears that the 9 million breached accounts were limited to emails and travel details. However, an additional 2,200 credit cards were said to be lifted as part of the breach. Newsweek and Flight Global who also reported the breach had no further details.
Scope
9 million customers
Application
Unknown
Impact
The exfiltration of the emails and travel records of 9 million customers. As stated, an additional 2,200 credit cards were also lifted in the attack.
Attack Vector
Unknown
Mitigation Efforts
Also, Unknown
Customer Notification
Notification will take place on or before May 26th.
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