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Multiple Airlines Exposed To Check-In Hijack Threat — What Passengers Should Do Next

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 By Davey Winder

Security researchers have discovered that some major airline e-ticketing systems are exposing passengers to a flight booking airport check-in risk

Customers of multiple airlines are at risk of having their personal data accessed by hackers, according to cybersecurity company
Wandera’s threat research team. The researchers discovered that the e-ticketing systems used by many major airlines send check-in links to passengers that are unencrypted.

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News Tags:Air Travel, Airline, Check-in, Hijack, Vulnerability

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