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Korean Air and Asiana Airlines Data Breach via Amadeus: Cybersecurity Incident Analysis ...
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Fusion42 · 26 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines suffered a data breach compromising customer reservation data via hijacked login credentials for the Amadeus IT Group reservation system. The incident occurred from August 2023 to September 2026, with no payment data compromised, raising regulatory scrutiny risks under South Korea's updated data protection laws.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Travel Tech, and 2 sources have reported it between 25 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026.
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You must urgently tighten credential management and third-party controls if you rely on global reservation systems like Amadeus. Regulatory fines up to 10% of revenue are now real, making data hygiene and contract enforcement non-negotiable.
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2 sources · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · latest 26 Oct 2026
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