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Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association

bd_5fbcff1685bb0b80 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 19, 2020

Filed

Apr 17, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association

Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) notified affected individuals of a data breach involving unauthorized access to two employee Office 365 accounts. Access occurred between Jan 25 and Feb 10, 2020. SWAPA discovered the compromise on March 19, 2020, after reviewing mailboxes. Personal information (name, address) was potentially exposed. No evidence of misuse was found. SWAPA engaged forensic investigators and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 54 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Jan 25, 2020

Begins

Mar 19, 2020

Discovered

Apr 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 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 ↗
Indiana State AGApr 17 · first
Massachusetts State AGApr 17 · first
Montana State AGApr 17 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 17 (IN), last Apr 23 (NH) — a 6-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.