Personal information of Akasa Air passengers has been leaked. In this, personal information of passengers such as name, gender, email address, and phone number has been leaked. The company said on Sunday that the company has given information about this incident to the government.
The company has also informed all the passengers booking tickets on its website about this data leak. Akasa Air has also informed about the matter to CERT-In, the nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, which handles cybersecurity-related matters. Akasa Air has apologized to its customers for this error.
According to the information posted on the company's website, on August 25, some temporary technical glitches were reported regarding login and sign-up services. As a result, the information of registered users of Akasa Air became available to some unauthorized persons, the airline said. No other travel-related information or travel records and payment information has been revealed.
Akasa Air, the first Indian airline to debut in over a decade, flew its first flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad on August 7. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, a billionaire and stock market specialist who died earlier this month, had made significant investments in the airline.
"We would want to emphasize that there was no purposeful hacking effort based on our records, but that the issue was reported by a research specialist via a journalist, for which we are appreciative. As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, we proactively communicated this information with passengers who may have been affected "According to the airline.
