The company said a small amount of information was contained in the hacked e-mail accounts.
An American Airlines jet at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Travel experts say it's usually safer to book flights directly through the airlines than through a third-party vendor. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service vi"American Airlines is aware of a phishing campaign that led to the unauthorized access to a limited number of team member mailboxes," the company said in a statement to FOX Television Stations.
A spokesperson said, "data security is of the utmost importance, and we offered customers and team members precautionary support.""We are also currently implementing additional technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future," the company added. Phishing scams can infect a computer and potentially allow hackers to invade banking and other accounts. However, they are highly preventable.— Be wary of any link or attachment.
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