LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Hacking tools and techniques used
to access the travel records of millions of customers of
Britain's easyJet point to a group of suspected Chinese
hackers thought to be behind multiple attacks on airlines in
recent months, two people familiar with the investigation said.
EasyJet said earlier on Tuesday that hackers had accessed
the email and travel details of around nine million customers,
as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them,
in a "highly sophisticated" attack.
The two people with knowledge of the investigation, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attack appeared to be
part of a series by suspected Chinese hackers aimed at the bulk
theft of travel records and other data.
An EasyJet spokeswoman did not respond to questions about
who was responsible for the attack. The Chinese embassy in
London did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by David Evans)
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