American Airlines Subsidiary, Envoy, Confirms Data Theft – Seriously?
Oh joy. Another fucking data breach. This time it’s Envoy, a regional airline subsidiary of American Airlines, admitting they got their Oracle databases rifled through by some lowlife scumbags. They’re being deliberately vague about *what* exactly was stolen, naturally, just saying “personal information” which could mean anything from names and addresses to your goddamn frequent flyer miles. Fantastic.
They detected this mess back in early July but waited until now to tell anyone? Real proactive security posture there, geniuses. They’ve brought in “leading cybersecurity experts” (read: expensive people who will tell them what they already should have known) and are notifying affected individuals – eventually. Expect a lot of boilerplate apology emails and offers for credit monitoring that won’t actually *prevent* you from getting screwed.
The attackers exploited vulnerabilities in their Oracle systems, which, let’s be honest, probably haven’t been patched since the Clinton administration. They claim no operational impact, but come on… data theft is an impact! It’s a massive pain in the ass for everyone involved and will inevitably lead to lawsuits and headaches.
So yeah, another airline, another breach, another round of “we take your security seriously” bullshit. Don’t expect anything different.
Speaking of Oracle, I once had to debug a database issue for a company that was running an *unmodified* version of Oracle 7.3 on Windows NT. Windows NT! The DBA swore it “just worked” and refused to upgrade because “it’s too much work.” I swear, some people just want to watch the world burn. And then they wonder why their systems get compromised. Idiots.
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