The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 for leaky security that exposed the personal data of 9.4 million passengers – 111,578 of whom were from the UK. The breach, which occurred between October 2014 and May 2018, exposed passengers’ names, passport and identity details, dates of birth, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and travel history, as well as 430 credit card numbers, 27 of which were active.

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