It has been reported that SpiceJet, one of India’s largest privately owned airlines, has acknowledged a data breach involving the details of over a million of its passengers. The database included a rolling month’s worth of flight information and details of each commuter, they said, adding that they believe that the database was easily accessible for anyone who knew where to look.
Data Breach at Indian airline SpiceJet affects 1.2 million passengers – https://t.co/9pLmW1ztmL – SpiceJet, one of India’s largest privately owned airlines, has acknowledged a data breach involving the details of over a million of its passengers pic.twitter.com/XfiS6NdmO6
— Airline Routes & Ground Services (@ARGS_EVA) January 31, 2020
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"If the researcher had concerns, they should have tried raising it with the airline directly. ..."
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"In 2020, we expect to see companies across all industries struggle with the integration of proactive data privacy practices and policies. ..."
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@Hugo Van den Toorn, Manager, Offensive Security , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This data was most likely never intended to be Internet facing, but unfortunately was. ..."
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@Peter Draper, Technical Director, EMEA, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"In addition, it would be interesting to know if SpiceJet were even aware of the access attempts. ..."
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"This is more than lip service. They should invite ethical hacking and put a program in place...."
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@Elle Lathrop, Managing Director, EMEA , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Passwords continue to be the weakest link and brute-force attacks are a common method used by hackers...."
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