TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola, SA

Fine imposed (usd 75,000 akz-equivalent). APD, 10 September 2025.

Record ID: ao-apd-2025-0003
Case reference: Deliberação 002/2025
Jurisdiction: Angola
Regulator: APD
Type: penalty notice
Date decided: 10 September 2025
Respondent type: public
Sector: aviation
Violations: failure to implement security measures, failure to prevent data breach
Provisions cited: Lei 22/11 de 17 de Junho
Outcome: fine imposed (USD 75,000 AKZ-equivalent)
Penalty: USD 75,000 (≈ USD 75,000 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Source integrity: SHA-256 086aff27139b9977…
Record verified: 30 July 2026

The facts

By deliberation 002 dated 10 September 2025, the APD fined TAAG - Linhas Aereas de Angola, SA the kwanza equivalent of USD 75,000 for failing to effectively implement adequate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data of its workers, clients and suppliers from undue encryption, unavailability, and unauthorised access and disclosure in the ransomware attack it suffered on 15 September 2024.

Orders and outcome

A fine equivalent in kwanza to USD 75,000. Dated 10 September 2025.

AVIATION · RANSOMWARE · REPEAT-RESPONDENT · FINE

Cite this decision

APD (Angola), TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola, SA, Deliberação 002/2025, penalty notice of 10 September 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/angola/apd/2025/taag-ransomware-security-failure/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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