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

Singapore Airlines said on Tuesday that ​a cybersecurity incident involving Amadeus, its reservation technology provider, may have affected about 46,000 booking records.

• 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

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