Southwest Airlines Co.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Southwest Airlines Co. on June 23, 2023. The breach occurred on April 30, 2023, and was due to external system breach (hacking), affecting a total of 3,009 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Personal information compromised included pilot applicants' names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, airman certificate numbers, and passport numbers, with identity theft protection services offered to the affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/df985f22-23a9-4764-bf40-d9710d7c1e33.shtml

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

"id": "sou509072525",
"linkid": "southwest-airlines",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3009,
                        'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'name': 'Southwest Airlines Co.',
                        'type': 'Airline'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3009,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Driver’s license numbers',
                                              'Airman certificate numbers',
                                              'Passport numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2023-04-30',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-06-23',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Southwest Airlines Co. on June 23, 2023. The '
                'breach occurred on April 30, 2023, and was due to external '
                'system breach (hacking), affecting a total of 3,009 '
                'individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Personal '
                "information compromised included pilot applicants' names, "
                'Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, airman '
                'certificate numbers, and passport numbers, with identity '
                'theft protection services offered to the affected '
                'individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Driver’s license numbers',
                                 'Airman certificate numbers',
                                 'Passport numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-06-23',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Southwest Airlines Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}