1. The personal data of 5 million AirAsia passengers may have been compromised.

The group behind the attack, identified as the Daixin Team, shared two files containing various personal details of employees and passengers.
2. The hack occurred earlier this month.

The first file contained information of passengers, while the second shared details of employees, such as their date of birth, country, address, employment date, and even their "secret question" with answers.
3. According to a spokesperson from Daixin, Airasia contacted the ransomware group but failed to negotiate an amount to remove the leaked data.

In response, Daixin stated that it will release AirAsia’s data to the public, including its backdoor information.
4. What’s shocking is that AirAsia’s chaotic cybersecurity management spared the firm from further attacks, according to Daixin.

"The internal network was configured without any rules and as a result worked very poorly. The network protection was very, very weak," it said.

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