WestJet customers report data breach, personal info exposed

WestJet customers reported on Aug 17 that the Canadian airline’s app has compromised personal information.

App users took to Twitter to express their concern with the situation, claiming that when they logged in to the WestJet application, they were able to see personal details and account information associated with complete strangers.

The airline acknowledged the issue on Twitter, saying the issue lasted less than an hour and was resolved by 4:30 p.m. MST.

WestJet apologized, saying they:

continue to actively investigate the cause of this issue.

The cause of the breach is not yet known. WestJet tweeted that once new information is available it will be provided to those affected by the error.

In the same time, a recent hacker attack targeting crypto-related users of Mailchimp has ended up affecting users of cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean, the firm has reported on Aug 15.