American Airlines Inc. on Tuesday confirmed a data breach and said while an “unauthorized actor” gained access to personal information of a small number of customers and employees through a phishing campaign, there was no evidence of data misuse.
Recently, Uber Technologies Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. also disclosed similar breaches, leaving investors and customers worried about data security.
“We are also currently implementing additional technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future,” the airline said on Tuesday.
It discovered the breach in July and engaged a third party cybersecurity forensic firm to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and the scope of the incident, according to a Sept. 16 consumer notification letter….