US AIRWAYS DATA BREACH – PILOTS’ PERSONAL INFO LEAKED

US Airways’ pilots are at risk for identity theft after a recent data breach.  The FBI and the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) have been working for several months after a data breach was discovered which includes the personal identifying information (PII) of over 3,000 US Airways’ pilots, according to Kelly Jackson Higgins, Dark Reading.

Higgins’ article quotes an US Airways spokesman as stating, “We take any claim of the breach of sensitive data very seriously.”  The US Airways spokesperson also said that US Airways is offering 12 months of LifeLock’s identity theft watch services to the pilots.  

USAPA, US Airways’ pilots’ union with over 5,200 members, publicly expressed its frustration with the airline’s handling of the case. USAPA said the airline recently revealed that a management-level pilot leaked a database of US Airways pilot names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and possibly passport information to a third-party pilot group.  FULL STORY.

Lifelock monitoring may not provide adequate security to the pilots’ affected by this serious data breach.  Are you a pilot employed by US Airways?  Have you received a breach notification letter from US Airways?  If you are concerned that you may be a victim of identity theft as a result of the US Airways pilot data breach, then contact identity theft lawyer Micah Adkins for a free ID Theft information kit.

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