A data breach at Indian airline SpiceJet has exposed the personal information of over a million passengers.
Access to the airline’s computer system was gained last month by a security researcher, who went on to report the breach to TechCrunch.
Using a brute-force attack, the researcher busted into an unencrypted database backup file containing the private information of more than 1.2 million passengers who flew with SpiceJet last month. According to the ethical hacker, the password protecting the data was easily guessable.
By Sarah Coble
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