A hacker known as maia arson crimew claims that he was able to get a hold of the FBI’s no-fly list database. The zesty cyber researcher located in Switzerland stumbled upon the list while browsing through an unsecured server used by a commercial airline called CommuteAir. The list reportedly has the details of more than 1 million people who are part of the FBI’s no-fly list. The database consists of the names and birthdates of people barred from flying. This includes terrorism suspects, fraudsters, and unruly passengers such as those who openly refused to follow the mask mandate during the covid-19 pandemic.
While exploring the loosely secured server, the hacker also came across private information of approximately 1,000 airline employees and other sensitive company information. Data points include full names, addresses, passport numbers, and phone numbers of CommuteAir crew members such as stewardesses, pilots, etc. Fortunately, the Ohio-based airline has taken the server down to prevent further leaks and has reported the incident to the authorities, who are now investigating the intrusion.
The list mainly consists of Arabic and Middle Eastern names of children as young as eight and adults. Even though the index has approximately 1.5 million entries, the number of people included in it is much less as there are many entries of common name misspellings or altered names of single individuals. For example, variations of the name of Viktor Bout, also known as the Merchant of Death, are mentioned in the list at least sixteen times.
Read more: https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/privacy/no-fly-list/
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