Gulf Air exposed to data breach, 'vital operations not affected'

A Gulf Air plane lands in a first direct flight between Bahrain and Israel, at Ben Gurion International Airport at Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain's news agency BNA reported on Saturday.

The agency quoted the company as saying that "as a result of this illegal breach some information from the company's email system and customers' database could be compromised" and it added emergency plans were deployed to contain the breach.