Delta Air Lines Sued Over Alleged E-mail Hacking

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @10:52AM from the down-and-dirty-delta dept.

alphadogg writes "Delta Air Lines is being sued for allegedly hacking the e-mail account of a passenger rights advocate supporting legislation that would allow access to food, water and toilets during long delays on the tarmac. Kathleen Hanni, executive director of Flyersrights.org, alleges Delta obtained sensitive e-mails and files and used the material in an attempt to derail the 'Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights of 2009,' of which four versions are pending before Congress. The suit was filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Southern District of Texas and seeks a minimum of $11 million in damages. Flyersrights.org, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007, had been investigating surface delays in air travel."

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Re:Headline appears to be inaccurate. by c6gunner · 2009-10-14 15:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Sounds more like Foreman is a dumbass who used the Delta network to send e-mails to people who hate Delta. According to TFA, the e-mails were of exchanges between HIM and other people, not between Hanni and others.
Not very surprising that Delta would intercept such communications, and it certainly isn't illegal. Of questionable morality, maybe, but not illegal. Moreover, this lawsuit appears to have been brought by the wrong plaintiff.