American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines reported a data breach involving its third-party vendor, pilotcredentials.com, on June 23, 2023. The breach occurred on or around April 30, 2023, and potentially exposed personal information of applicants, including names and Social Security numbers. Approximately 1,000 individuals were affected.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/4ee89ba6-fe52-4034-8beb-c13e4e74f9d3.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-airlines

"id": "ame516072625",
"linkid": "american-airlines",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
                        'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'name': 'American Airlines',
                        'type': 'Airline'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2023-06-23',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-06-23',
 'description': 'American Airlines reported a data breach involving its '
                'third-party vendor, pilotcredentials.com, on June 23, 2023. '
                'The breach occurred on or around April 30, 2023, and '
                'potentially exposed personal information of applicants, '
                'including names and Social Security numbers. Approximately '
                '1,000 individuals were affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'title': 'American Airlines Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}