{"id":377126,"date":"2026-02-27T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/skywest-lawsuit-dev-tools-unlocked-5000-pilot-records\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:22:58","slug":"skywest-lawsuit-how-dev-tools-unlocked-5000-pilot-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=377126","title":{"rendered":"SkyWest Lawsuit: How &#8216;Dev Tools&#8217; Unlocked 5,000 Pilot Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"258551\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/skywest-airlines\/\"  >SkyWest Airlines<\/a><\/span> has launched a lawsuit against two of its former <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"165192\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/pilots\/\"  >pilots<\/a><\/span>, accusing the pair of hacking its systems to access worker data. 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