LNER urges customers to be vigilant after passenger details accessed in cyber-attack

LNER says no bank or payment or password information was accessed in the cyber-attack. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The train operator LNER has urged customers to be wary of unsolicited communications after revealing some passengers’ contact details and journey records have been accessed in a cyber-attack.

The data breach took place at a third-party supplier, and LNER said no bank or payment details or password information had been accessed.