Data breach at Akasa Air; ‘self-reported’ to CERT-In, says airline
Akasa Air stated on Sunday that non-public data of its registered customers pertaining to call, gender, e mail handle and telephone quantity could have been compromised as a result of a technical glitch. Though the service reported the incident to the federal government physique Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), it stated there was no “intentional hacking attempt”.
“At Akasa Air, system security and protection of customer information is paramount, and our focus is to always provide a secure and reliable customer experience. While extensive protocols are in place to prevent incidents of such nature, we have undertaken additional measures to ensure that the security of all our systems is even further enhanced,” stated Anand Srinivasan, co-founder and chief data officer, Akasa Air.
He stated that the airline will proceed to keep up its sturdy safety protocols, participating wherever relevant with companions, researchers, and safety specialists, from whom it might profit to strengthen its methods.
The firm stated that it stopped the “unauthorised access” by utterly shutting down the weather of the system related to the breach. It added that it has resumed log-in and sign-up providers after including extra controls to handle the scenario. Akasa additionally added that it’s endeavor extra opinions to strengthen its methods towards such assaults sooner or later.
Looks like a pax information breach of some kind @AkasaAir. Glad to see them proactively inform tho. #paxex #AkasaAir
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— AJ (@OntheRoadAJ) August 28, 2022
A brief technical configuration error associated to Akasa Air’s log-in and sign-up service was reported to it on August 25, ensuing within the person data in all probability being considered by unauthorised people.
However, the airline confirmed that aside from title, gender, e mail handle and telephone quantity, no travel-related data, journey data or cost data was compromised. The airline stated that on being made conscious of the incident, it stopped the unauthorised entry by shutting down the related practical components of its system.
Later on, it resumed log-in and sign-up providers after including extra controls. “We self-reported the incident to CERT-In (which is the government’s authorized nodal agency tasked to deal with incidents of this nature),” Akasa Air stated. CERT-In comes below the Ministry of Electronics & IT. FE
