2021 Qatar Airways — SITA PSS breach (Privilege Club)

2021 27.0K records affected

Data compromised

Names, membership numbers, tiers, preferences

Technical writeup

Third-party breach via SITA Passenger Service System. Privilege Club members: names, membership numbers, tiers, seat/meal preferences. Affected multiple airlines globally.

Root cause

Third-party breach; SITA

References

https://www.qatarairways.com/en-bh/important-update.html
https://botcrawl.com/qatar-airways-data-breach-hits-27000-records-in-dark-web-sale/