A Swiss hacker discovered a Transportation Security Administration 'No Fly' list dating back to 2019 while browsing the internet and leaked its contents.
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"It’s just crazy to me how big that terrorism screening database is, and yet there is still very clear trends towards almost exclusively Arabic and Russian sounding names throughout the million entries," crimew told the outlet. Reached for comment, a TSA spokesman said the agency is "aware of a potential cybersecurity incident, and we are investigating in coordination with our federal partners." the legitimacy of the hacked "no fly" list and data that contained private information about the company's employees.
A Transportation Security Administration pre-check sign stands at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., Aug. 19, 2015."CommuteAir was notified by a member of the security research community who identified a misconfigured development server," said Erik Kane, corporate communications manager for CommuteAir. "The researcher accessed files, including an outdated 2019 version of the federal no-fly list that included first and last name and date of birth.
"Based on our initial investigation, no customer data was exposed," Kane added. "CommuteAir immediately took the affected server offline and started an investigation to determine the extent of data access. CommuteAir has reported the data exposure to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and also notified its employees."CommuteAir is a regional airline founded in 1989 and based in Ohio.
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