Manchester Airports Group: a data breach
In August 2026, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) disclosed a data breach impacting their services . The incident was later claimed by the FulcrumSec hacking group , who subsequently published email addresses and phone numbers relating to 8.8M customers of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports. The data contained personal information relating to airport services, including vehicle registrations and parking history, Fast Track purchases and lounge bookings. In their disclosure notice , MAG advised that "at no point has passenger safety or aviation security been compromised".
The record
- Organisation
- Manchester Airports Group →
- Identity
- Manchester Airports Groupidentified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 8,849,657 records
- Data exposed
- Browser user agent details, Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Purchases, Vehicle registration plates
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2026-08-27
- Disclosed
- 2026-09-02
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
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Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-09-02