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Air France-KLM Contains Third-Party Data Breach and Confirms No Sensitive Data Exposed

Contained within a third-party support platform, the breach never reached the airline’s internal systems.

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La compagnie appelle à la vigilance face à «toute communication inhabituelle susceptible de mentionner vos informations personnelles».

Overview

  • Air France-KLM detected unauthorized activity on a third-party contact-center platform on August 6 and swiftly ended the intrusion.
  • The airline confirmed no payment, passport or travel booking data was compromised during the breach.
  • Exposed customer records included names, contact details, Flying Blue account numbers and the subjects of email inquiries.
  • The incident has been reported to France’s CNIL in accordance with EU data-protection regulations.
  • Affected customers are being notified individually and advised to watch for potential phishing or identity-theft attempts.