Hacking: Delta Airlines Sued

The executive director of The Coalition for an Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights alleges in a federal lawsuit that Delta Airlines obtained hacked emails and sabotaged her organization's efforts to support pro-consumer legislation in Congress, according to The Gibson Law Firm. Kate Hanni, the executive director and founder of the coalition, which is also known as FlyersRights.org, sued the airline and Metron Aviation, Inc., of Dulles, Virginia, after her emails and those of at least two reported, including one from USA Today, were obtained by the defendants.

Hanni said she learned from America Online that her personal email files were redirected to an unknown location, along with donor lists, spreadsheets and other data. The lawsuit alleges that the email hacking began in 2008 and continued this year while Hanni was communicationg with an airline industry consultant who analyzed airline delays for the federal government. For more information, visit The Gibson Law Firm. This post is excerpted from the Travel Pulse article, Flyer's Rights Advocate Sues Delta Over Hacked Emails, October 14th, 2009.