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Extortion Group Claims Manchester Airports Group Data Breach

The FulcrumSec extortion group has claimed responsibility for the recently disclosed Manchester Airports Group (MAG) data breach.

The largest airport group in the UK, MAG owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands airports.

MAG disclosed the incident on August 27, notifying customers that hackers stole data associated with car park, lounge, and Fast Track bookings, as well as in-airport Wi-Fi sign-ups at all three airports.

“We immediately contained the risk and have been working with specialist advisors and taking appropriate steps to protect our customers and systems. We have informed and are working with the relevant authorities,” MAG said.

The airport operator said email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registrations, and postcodes were compromised in the incident. No payment information was accessed, and passenger safety and aviation security were not affected, it said.

“The incident has not resulted in any operational disruption. Airport operations remain unaffected, and customer...

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A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While

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Alien: Isolation 2's Xenomorph has animations initially designed for the first game, but the team 'didn't have the technology at the time' to use them — but now the Alien is even more 'responsive' and 'reactive'

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This 10-Minute Cooking Method Takes the Stink Out of Salmon

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Microsoft Brings Snapdragon X2 to Smallest Surface Pro and Laptop Lines

I’m the first born in my family, so I haven’t experienced this feeling directly, but my younger brother tells me it wasn’t all that fun when I would get a gift that he was too little to receive along with his big brother (like the time I

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