Air France and KLM announced on Wednesday that attackers had breached a customer service platform and stolen the data of an undisclosed number of customers.
Together with Transavia, Air France and KLM are part of Air France–KLM Group, a French-Dutch multinational airline holding company founded in 2004 and a major player in international air transport.
With a fleet of 564 aircraft and 78,000 employees, Air France-KLM provides services to up to 300 destinations in 90 countries. In 2024, the aviation group transported 98 million passengers worldwide.
The two airlines stated that they've cut off the attackers' access to the compromised systems after discovering the breach and added that their networks were not affected by the attack.
"Air France and KLM have detected unusual activity on a