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Confirmed breach

Cathay Pacific Airways data breach

HKHong Kong SAR China

The Straits Times reported a data breach at Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong SAR China) on 30 October 2026, and it has been confirmed.

One of 3 organisations whose data was taken through Amadeus IT Group. The Amadeus IT Group breach →

People affected
Not reportedno count given yet
Reported
30 October 2026News report
Who is affected
Hong Kong SAR China, Japan, South Korea, Germany

What was exposed 6

  • Email addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Booking references
  • Passenger names
  • Flight details
  • Travel document information

How it happened

How
Hacking unauthorised access to reservation data source
Through
Amadeus IT Group unauthorised access to Amadeus reservation data source · 3 organisations hit through Amadeus IT Group →
Way in
Amadeus IT Group unauthorised access to reservation data held by Amadeus IT Group source

Sources 1

News reports are read by an AI model; every fact taken from an article was checked word for word against it, and anything it could not find was dropped. · Corrections and changes

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