Delta Airlines reportedly experiences data breach

Delta data breach overview: 

• Who: Delta Airlines reportedly confirmed a dataset leaked by threat actors earlier this month contained certain employee data. 
• Why: The threat actors behind the Delta data breach said the data was stolen in connection with last year’s data breach involving the MOVEit file transfer system.
• Where: Delta operates nationwide and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Delta Airlines reportedly confirmed that a dataset leaked by a threat actor this month exposed employee details held by a third-party vendor. 

The data leak was connected to last year’s MOVEit file transfer system data breach, according to the threat actor, who claimed the stolen data was leaked as a way to raise awareness about data security, reports Cybernews. 

Delta, meanwhile, reportedly said the leaked dataset included names, contact information and office location, but otherwise contained no sensitive personal information. 

The airline also reportedly told Cybernews its systems had not been compromised during the data breach and that an investigation determined the exposed data came from internal directory information held by a third party. 

Delta did not identify the third-party vendor from which the leaked data was being held nor did it reveal how many of its employees had their information exposed, reports Cybernews. 

The threat actor, who goes by the moniker Nam3L3ss reportedly said the leaked data contained more than 57,000 Delta records.

Delta data breach confirmation comes days after Amazon says it was affected

The airline’s confirmation came only days after Amazon similarly confirmed employee data that was compromised during the MOVEit file transfer system data breach was part of this month’s leak. 

Amazon’s confirmation came after Nam3L3ss published more than 2.8 million lines of Amazon employee data. 

In addition to Amazon and Delta, the leak reportedly contained stolen data belonging to 25 additional companies, including Lenovo, HP, City National Bank, Westinghouse, Schwab, US Bank and MetLife, among others, reports BleepingComputer. 

The MOVEit file transfer system data breach affected not only companies but also a number of organizations and federal agencies in the U.S. and its allies abroad. A Russian hacking group known as CL0P took responsibility for the incident. 

In other recent Delta news, the airline filed a lawsuit against Crowdstrike Inc. earlier this year over claims the cybersecurity company forced an untested software update in July that led to a massive disruption in the airline industry and cost Delta $500 million in lost revenue. 

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