If you are an Air Canada flyer and have tried to access their mobile app, you may have found that you are unable to access it over the past week and are being forced to change your password. That is because Air Canada has identified that there has been a security breach between August 22…
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Just a point of clarification, the Nexus number is a Canada-USA trusted traveler number, not a Canadian frequent traveller (sic) number.
It's bad practise to use the same password for all your accounts, so it's a good thing your AC one is now out of sync with "the rest of them".
Yes I have been contacted by Air Canada and I am part of the 1% that has been compromised
No big deal, try to log in, get an error message, change password, good to go
@John Read
You are fine with your personal details being hacked?
Funnily enough there has been a concerted effort by AC in the Canadian media to downplay the dangers of access to the passport and Nexus numbers. Likewise certain Canadian security 'experts' have been weighing into the conversation in the media with similarly pitched ideas, almost reading from then same hymsheet as AC itself. I have no doubt AC are media managing experts to downplay the leak of this data.
Meanwhile over on the BBC it's being noted that compromise of one's own government ID, in this case passport/Nexus, is probably one of the most serious kinds of identify theft.
AC are really hoping that folks don't realize how serious of a hack this is. In terms of the data hacked this is as serious as the Equifax hack.