American Airlines notified customers the company experienced a data breach over the summer, Bleeping Computer reports. American Airlines discovered the breach July 5 and secured the “limited number" of employee email accounts that were compromised. The company determined employees’ and customers’ personally identifiable information could have been exposed. In response, American Airlines will offer impacted customers two years of free credit monitoring. The company did not specify how many customers were affected.
20 Sept. 2022
Airline suffers data breach
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