{"id":2413,"date":"2023-01-10T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimike.com\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:35:36","slug":"flying-blue-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimike.com\/flying-blue-data-breach","title":{"rendered":"Flying Blue Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The recent data breach at Air France and KLM’s frequent flyer program, Flying Blue, is one in a recent spate of data breaches across frequent flyer clubs. There is an increasing concern amongst members of programs as personal details, including names and email addresses, are exposed to malicious actors and other third parties. With a sharp rise in data breaches, both airlines and their customers are becoming more aware of the need for strict security measures like API and business logic security to protect their private information, starting with the precise observability of their entire API mesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is Flying Blue?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flying Blue<\/a> is an award winning frequent flyer program owned by Air France and KLM. It allows flyers to earn and redeem miles on flights with Air France, KLM, and other partner airlines, as well as benefit from services like lounge access and travel upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly happened in the Flying Blue data breach?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As this story is still in it’s unravel stage, so far we know that Flying Blue customers started receiving email notifications from the company stating \u201cOur security operations teams have detected suspicious behavior by an unauthorized entity in relation to your account. We have immediately implemented corrective action to prevent further exposure of your data” continuing that the following data might have been compromised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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