Singapore Airlines says 46,000 booking records affected by Amadeus breach

SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Reuters) – 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 customer data ​was compromised in the Amadeus breach. Malaysia Airlines also said some of its customer information may have been affected

• Singapore’s flag carrier said that data exposed by the breach included customers’ names, booking reference numbers, travel itineraries and booking classes

• Information including email addresses, phone numbers, travel document details, and KrisFlyer membership numbers may also have been accessed for about 620 booking records, the company said

• It added that Amadeus confirmed that bank account or credit card information had not been leaked and bookings were not modified

• Singapore Airlines said it was reaching out to affected customers with upcoming travel plans to change their booking reference numbers as a precaution

• The airline also confirmed that its IT systems were not breached

• Amadeus ⁠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 affected

• In recent days, Cathay Pacific and Japan ⁠Airlines ​reported that the breach ​had affected data involving 53,000 bookings and 92,000 customers, respectively

(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by Jamie Freed)