Utair Data Breach

What happened

In August 2020, news broke of a data breach of Russian airline Utair that dated back to the previous year. The breach contained over 400k unique email addresses along with extensive personal information including names, physical addresses, dates of birth, passport numbers and loyalty program details.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Utair — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
• Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.