While those passengers will be happy, the mistake adds to the embarrassments for the carrier that’s struggling to turn its fortunes around while competition intensifies from Chinese and budget airlines. The pricing gaffe comes on the heels of a sophisticated hack on Cathay’s computer systems last year that exposed the private information of 9.4 million passengers in the world’s biggest airline data breach.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 02, 2019 17:26 UTC