STOCKHOLM, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS (SAS.ST) stated it was hit by a cyber assault Tuesday night and urged clients to chorus from utilizing its app however later stated it had fastened the issue.
Information stories stated the hack paralysed the service’s web site and leaked buyer info from its app.
Karin Nyman, head of press at SAS, instructed Reuters at 2035 GMT that the corporate was working to treatment the assault on its app and web site.
“We aren’t capable of say much more proper now as we’re proper within the assault proper now,” she stated, including that the app was at that time working wonderful.
Earlier, she instructed the nationwide information company TT that there was a danger of getting incorrect info by logging onto the app and urged clients to chorus from utilizing it.
The whole web site was down for some time on Tuesday.
Based on TT, clients who tried to log into the SAS app have been logged onto the unsuitable accounts and had entry to non-public particulars of different individuals. Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang reported that this occurred to Norwegian clients as effectively.
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Varied Swedish firms and organisations have just lately been hit by presumed cyber assaults.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sweden’s nationwide public tv broadcaster, SVT was quickly down. The broadcaster wrote on its web site {that a} group referred to as “Nameless Sudan” had taken credit score for the assault posting on Telegram that Swedish media could be attacked because of Koran burnings in Sweden.
Reporting by Marie Mannes; modifying by Jonathan Oatis and David Gregorio
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