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AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountLocationBehaviorEmploymentMediumResolved

FLIGHTAWARE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 25, 2024

Filed

Aug 13, 2024

To disclose

19 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for FLIGHTAWARE, INC.

FlightAware, Inc. disclosed a data security incident discovered on July 25, 2024, caused by a configuration error that potentially exposed personal information of account holders. The exposed data may include user IDs, passwords, email addresses, full names, billing/shipping addresses, IP addresses, social media accounts, telephone numbers, year of birth, last four digits of credit card numbers, aircraft ownership info, industry, title, pilot status, and account activity. Social Security Numbers may also have been exposed. The company remedied the error and is requiring password resets and offering two years of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1301 days
discovery → filing · 19 days

Jan 1, 2021

Begins

Jul 25, 2024

Discovered

Aug 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGAug 13 · first
Washington State AGAug 13 · first
California State AGAug 13 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 13 (OR), last Jan 1 (IL) — a 141-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.