American Airlines Suffers Breach
INCIDENT
American Airlines informed some if its customers Friday (September 16) about a security incident that occurred July 5 and resulted in a breach of personal information.
In July the airline found an attacker compromised email accounts of airline workers via a phishing attack and were then able to pivot from there to get in and purloin personal information.
In a letter dated September 16, Russell Hubbard, deputy general counsel and chief privacy and data protection officer at American Airlines said: “We are writing to inform you about a recent incident that involved some of your personal information.
Incident Date
July 5, 2022
Location
Estimated Cost
Unknown, but it was a phishing attack that stole personal information
Victims
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
No threat source identified
References
Impacts
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