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 ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

In a second deliberation of the same date, the APD fined TAAG USD 75,000 (kwanza equivalent) for failing to protect employee, customer and supplier personal data against the ransomware attack of 15 September 2024, which caused encryption, unavailability, and unauthorised access and disclosure. Deliberação 002/2025 of 10 September 2025.

AVIATION · RANSOMWARE · REPEAT-RESPONDENT · FINE

Cite this decision

APD (Angola), 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 22 July 2026).

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