How did the Manchester Airports Group cyberattack take place, and what data was exposed in the 8.7 million customer records? The experts weigh in
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An airport group losing email, phone, license plate, and postcode data for up to 8.7M customers is a reminder that transport and physical-infrastructure operators are now de facto data custodians. If you run any location-based or parking-linked service, treat plate and contact data as regulated-grade PII and revisit vendor, logging, and incident-response posture this week.
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