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Pilot Applicant Information for American, Southwest Hacked

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Dissent

Nate Nelson reports:

Hackers breached a database maintained by Pilot Credentials, a recruiting company based in Austin, Texas, resulting in the theft of personal information from more than 8,000 pilot applicants for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

The compromised data includes names, birth dates, Social Security and passport numbers, as well as driver- and pilot-license numbers of pilot and cadet job applicants.

According to the breach notifications filed by both airlines, 5,745 American Airlines applicants were affected, while the breach exposed information from 3,009 Southwest applicants.

Read more at DarkReading.

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