Lion Air Group stresses data safety after possible breach

Lion Air Group is stressing that passenger personal data stored on its cloud-based servers is safe following reports of a potential data breach among its carriers. The airline group says that it is co-operating with authorities there on the potential data breach, and if there are signs that data has been compromised it will take immediate measures to address any vulnerabilities in its systems. Lion adds that it does not store payment details on its servers, and that any passenger data stored in Indonesia remains safe. Its 5 group carriers - Lion Air, Thai Lion Air, Wings Air, Malindo Air and Batik Air - have reported the incident to their local authorities. Malindo disclosed that it was investigating a potential data breach Sept 19, and has engaged independent forensic and data consultants to review its overall data security infrastructure. <br/>