Delta Says Hack on Vendor Exposed Customer Credit-Card Data

Cyberattack on online chat provider exposed information on airline’s and Sears’ websites last fall

Delta Air Lines Inc. on Thursday said hundreds of thousands of customers could have had their credit-card information compromised in a cyberattack on a vendor that ran a chat function on the carrier’s website.

Delta said [24]/7.ai Inc. informed the airline on March 28 of a malware attack that exposed credit-card data last fall. The chat provider also informed retailer Sears Holdings Inc. of a similar attack that occurred around the same time. San Jose, Calif.-based [24]/7.ai Inc. didn’t immediately respond to a request for...