Air Canada Experiences Data Breach

Air Canada, the largest airline in Canada, has just suffered a data breach exposing over 20,000 of their 1.7 million customers data stored on its mobile app. The data breach was discovered by the airline company after detecting a number of suspicious logins in its mobile app within August 22nd and August 24th.

The data breach is believed to have exposed customers profile information on the app such as names, email addresses and phone numbers and passport details stored on its app. Airline Canada was quick to add that, customers need not worry about their credit card information as that had been encrypted and stored with payment security standards.

Air Canada, has started sending notifications to affected customers to keep track of their financial transactions and report any suspicious activity. Air Canada customers have been advised to reset their passwords to stronger ones.