**Asiana Airlines Suffers Data Breach Impacting 10,000 Employees**
Asiana Airlines has confirmed a cyberattack resulting in the exposure of personal data belonging to approximately 10,000 employees. The breach, disclosed via an internal notice on Thursday, occurred the prior day when unauthorized access was gained to an overseas server connected to the airline’s intranet.
The compromised data includes names, departments, job titles, phone numbers, employee identification numbers, and email addresses—affecting both Asiana staff and personnel from partner companies. The airline clarified that no customer information was involved in the incident.
Upon detecting the breach, Asiana Airlines took immediate action, blocking the unauthorized access route and notifying authorities, including the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA). Additional measures included resetting passwords for all employee and system administrator accounts. The company is now conducting an investigation to determine the full scope and cause of the attack.
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2025",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '0',
'industry': 'Aviation',
'location': 'South Korea',
'name': 'Asiana Airlines',
'type': 'Airline'},
{'name': 'Partner companies',
'type': 'Business Partners'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized access to overseas server',
'customer_advisories': 'No customer information was leaked',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '10,000',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
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'Job titles',
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'description': 'Asiana Airlines disclosed a breach involving the personal '
'information of about 10,000 employees after an external '
'cyberattack on its internal intranet through unauthorized '
'access to an overseas server.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal information of employees',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Internal intranet'},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'references': [{'source': 'The Korea Economic Daily'}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'Reported to Korea '
'Internet and Security '
'Agency'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Emergency notice on internal bulletin '
'board, public statement',
'containment_measures': 'Blocked illegal access route, changed '
'passwords of all employees and system '
'administrator accounts',
'incident_response_plan_activated': 'Yes',
'remediation_measures': 'Password changes, system administrator '
'account updates'},
'title': 'Asiana Airlines Employee Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}