http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/attacks-breaches/229401204/thousands-of-us-airways-pilots-victims-of-possible-insider-data-breach.html By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Apr 07, 2011 The US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) said it has been working with the FBI for several months in the wake of a leak of personal information of 3,000 of the airline union's pilots. A spokesman for US Airways today declined to comment on specifics of the case, but confirmed that some two-thirds of the airline's pilots -- 3,000 of its employees -- were affected by the breach. "We take any claim of the breach of sensitive data very seriously," the spokesman said. US Airways is offering 12 months of LifeLock's identity theft watch services to the pilots, he said. The USAPA, a union that represents 5,200 US Airways pilots, yesterday publicly expressed its frustration with the airline's handling of the case. The 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. A former chief pilot at the airline reportedly handed over the information in an Excel document in October 2009 to the group, called Leonidas, which represents pilots from what was once America West, now part of US Airways, according to a published report. The leak appears to be associated with a long-running labor dispute and bad blood between former America West pilots and their counterparts at US Airways. Leonidas did not respond to requests for an interview. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Apr 11 2011 - 00:32:56 PDT
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