US Airways

US Airways

On August 2, 2013, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving US Airways. Unauthorized users accessed a small number of Dividend Miles accounts, potentially compromising names, addresses, email addresses, security question answers, and partial credit card information. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42383

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/us-airways

"id": "us-349072925",
"linkid": "us-airways",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2013",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'name': 'US Airways',
                        'type': 'Airline'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Email Addresses',
                                                         'Security Question '
                                                         'Answers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Email Addresses',
                                              'Security Question Answers',
                                              'Partial Credit Card '
                                              'Information']},
 'date_detected': '2013-08-02',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-08-02',
 'description': 'Unauthorized users accessed a small number of Dividend Miles '
                'accounts, potentially compromising names, addresses, email '
                'addresses, security question answers, and partial credit card '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Email Addresses',
                                 'Security Question Answers',
                                 'Partial Credit Card Information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-08-02',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Users',
 'title': 'US Airways Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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