Viva Air Data Breach

What happened?

In March 2022, the now defunct Colombian airline Viva Air suffered a data breach and subsequent ransomware attack . Among a trove of other ransomed data, the incident exposed a log of 2.6M transactions with 932k unique email addresses, physical and IP addresses, names, phone numbers and partial credit card data (last 4 digits).

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 14, 2022. The record was added to the catalogue on September 11, 2023 and last updated there on June 4, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Viva Air or used vivaair.com around March 14, 2022. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.