Hackers have accessed the personal data of approximately 8.7 million customers following a cyber attack on three UK airports.

The breach has affected Manchester Airport, London Stansted Airport, and East Midlands Airport, according to their operating company, Manchester Airports Group (MAG).

According to MAG, the security incident involved data linked directly to “car park, lounge and fast-track bookings and in-airport wifi sign-ups” across the three travel hubs.

The information obtained by the hackers includes customers' email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registration numbers, and postcodes.

Manchester Airports Group has stated that passenger safety across Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands has been unaffected by the attack.

Here is why this matters to you if you are a regular flyer. The compromise involves widely used customer-facing services, meaning anyone who has arranged vehicle parking, booked airport lounge access, bought priority fast-track passes, or logged into public Wi-Fi networks at these locations could have had their contact details exposed.

With 8.7 million records accessed, the scale of the breach represents a substantial extraction of customer booking and communication records held across the group's network.

What we do not know yet is who carried out the cyber attack, how the unauthorised access occurred, or the full timeline of when the breach took place.

Manchester Airports Group has not reported any compromise beyond the specified booking systems and Wi-Fi sign-up databases, and physical operations at the hubs continue.

I'll be following this one — check back for updates.