Cathay Pacific executives grilled over data breach ‘crisis’

FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Pacific Airways flight attendant poses at the airline's booth during the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific Airways said on Nov 14 it is working with 27 regulators in 15 jurisdictions to investigate a data breach that affected millions of passengers, as Hong Kong lawmakers grilled executives over how it handled the incident. 

The executives did not answer repeated questions about whether the airline would compensate all affected customers or if it might face a hefty fine under new European Union privacy regulations, saying it was “too early" to comment.