Manchester Airports Group breached, millions of customers’ data stolen
Manchester Airports Group confirmed attackers stole customer booking and WiFi signup data affecting about 8.7 million customers across three UK airports.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) confirmed an unauthorized third party obtained customer data tied to car park, lounge and Fast Track bookings and WiFi sign-ups at Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports. Stolen data includes email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes; no payment or banking details were held in the affected systems. UK media reported roughly 8.7 million customers affected. The Manage My Booking portal was disabled as a precaution, authorities were informed, and airport operations were not disrupted.
- Data stolen covers car park, lounge, Fast Track and WiFi signup records
- Exposed fields include emails, phone numbers, vehicle registrations and postcodes
- No payment or banking data held in affected systems; aviation security unaffected
- Manage My Booking portal taken offline; customers warned of phishing follow-ups
- Company contained the incident and is working with authorities and specialist advisors
- Victims
- Manchester Airports Group
- Organizations
- Manchester Airports GroupQuod Orbis
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Someone broke into the systems of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and walked away with a “quantity” of customer data from three UK airports, the company has confirmed. The breach hit Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports, after an unauthorised third party obtained a batch of customer information.
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