{"id":648607,"date":"2026-11-02T09:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648607\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:22:15","slug":"airlines-including-qantas-cathay-pacific-impacted-in-amadeus-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648607\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines including Qantas, Cathay Pacific impacted in Amadeus cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere is no impact to Qantas systems or databases, which remain secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Amadeus services travel companies including multiple airlines, hotels and car hire companies around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">According to Cathay Pacific, Amadeus had said about 53,000 of the Hong Kong-based airline\u2019s bookings were affected by the unauthorised access in Amadeus\u2019 system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">The breach happened between August 2023 and September 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAmadeus has confirmed that it has taken actions to contain the incident, including a password reset, and has implemented enhanced monitoring and detection capabilities on its systems,\u201d Cathay Pacific said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTo date, Amadeus has not identified evidence that the affected data has been misused,\u201d the Hong Kong-based airline added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Malaysia Airlines has also said some of its customer information may have been breached, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Air New Zealand today said: \u201cAt this stage, we don\u2019t believe we are impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Logon Software Asia Group said none of the affected airlines reported a breach of their own internal databases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cKorean Air and Asiana explicitly said they found no indications that their own systems were compromised,\u201d the company wrote on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">Logon said the breach raised questions for airlines about supply chain security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cDo we know who holds our data, how they authenticate, and whether their access is still justified?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\">On its website, Amadeus IT Group described itself as providing services including artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics for more than 400 airlines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VFgYVkWVN\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/john-weekes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/john-weekes\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Weekes<\/a> is a business journalist covering aviation. He also has experience covering courts, consumer affairs, crime and politics.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a> \u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThere is no impact to Qantas systems or databases, which remain secure.\u201d Amadeus services travel companies including multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17622,86172,71154,89,1558,138,142086,9525,4373,305,31869,78,8454,2510,111,139,69,13572,4372,381,2437],"class_list":["post-648607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-airlines","tag-amadeus","tag-asiapacific","tag-attack","tag-been","tag-business","tag-cathay","tag-caught","tag-cyber","tag-have","tag-impacted","tag-in","tag-including","tag-multiple","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pacific","tag-qantas","tag-region","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}