TAP Air Portugal Data Breach

What happened?

In August 2022, the Portuguese airline TAP Air Portugal was the target of a ransomware attack perpetrated by the Ragnar Locker gang who later leaked the compromised data via a public dark web site. Over 5M unique email addresses were exposed alongside other personal data including names, genders, DoBs, phone numbers and physical addresses.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is August 25, 2022. The record was added to the catalogue on September 23, 2022 and last updated there on February 5, 2023.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Nationalities
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Salutations
• Spoken languages

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with TAP Air Portugal or used flytap.com around August 25, 2022. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.