HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Alaska Airlines

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 19, 2018

Filed

May 3, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Alaska Airlines →2 incidents on file

Alaska Airlines notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data breach involving its third-party provider, Orbitz. Unauthorized access to a legacy Orbitz platform occurred between October 1, 2017, and December 22, 2017. The breach potentially exposed personal data (names, DOB, phone, email, address, gender) and credit card information for reservations made between Jan 1, 2016, and Dec 5, 2016. Approximately 4 New Hampshire residents were affected. Access was halted by Dec 22, 2017. Affected individuals were offered identity theft repair and 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 169 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Oct 1, 2017

Begins

Mar 19, 2018

Discovered

May 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Orbitz Worldwide, LLC supply-chain incident (2018) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_f8f8fec272114dc32018-05-03Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_124bfe05d1b635122018-05-04 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_71acbbe5f78078ad2018-05-04 · +1dCandidate

Name: Alaska Airlines
norm: alaska airlines
Domain: alaskaair.com

Name: Alaska Airlines
norm: alaska airlines
Domain: alaskaair.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2018
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2017 – Dec 22, 2017
Undetected for: 169 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Orbitz
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Offered identity theft repair services
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and fraud alerts
Changes made: Stopped using the affected platform in 2016
Continued investment in staffing, systems, and tools to help protect data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Washington State AGMay 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/alaska-airlines-20180503.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2018
Raw hash: 51e61ed8a595917295cd603c7de3befc447aaef486bf23e60eed5fd7914c25de

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlaska Airlines

Victim entityAlaska Airlines

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2018

Stated responseOffered identity theft repair services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov