Cybersecurity

Delta Says Data Exposed for ‘Several Hundred Thousand’ Customers

  • Cyber attack adds to a growing list of industry breaches
  • Names and payment-card information may have been exposed

Passengers wait for updated Delta Airlines Inc. flight status information at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

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Delta Air Lines Inc. said a cyber attack on a contractor potentially exposed the payment information of “several hundred thousand customers.”

A data breach from Sept. 26 to Oct. 12 at a company called [24]7.ai allowed unauthorized access to customers’ names, address, payment-card information, CVV numbers and expiration dates, Delta said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Thursday. The vendor, which provides online chat services to Delta, notified the carrier and other clients last week.