Cathay Pacific faces probe over massive data breach

A passenger walks to the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's privacy commissioner will launch a compliance investigation into Cathay Pacific Airways over a data breach involving 9.4 million passengers, saying the carrier may have violated privacy rules. 

The airline has faced criticism for the seven-month delay in its October revelation of the breach in the data, which it said had been accessed without authorisation, following suspicious activity in its network in March.