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WestJet breach exposes 1.2 million passengers
Passport and ID details were among the stolen data.
- Organisation
- WestJet
- Disclosed
- 1 October 2025
- Affected
- 1,200,000
- Data
- Names, birthdates, passport details, loyalty data
- Attacker
- Scattered Spider
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “WestJet breach exposes 1.2 million passengers”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 1 Oct 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-10-01-westjet-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/data-breach-at-canadian-airline-westjet-affects-1-2m-passengers/.
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