British Airways e-ticketing leaves passengers' sensitive data at risk

Less than a year on from a breach which exposed the details of hundreds of thousands of customers, British Airways systems are still leaving passengers' personal information at risk. New research from mobile security provider Wandera has discovered an e-ticketing system vulnerability that leaves passengers' personally identifiable information (PII) exposed. Through unencrypted check-in links, which are distributed via email by British Airways, hackers intercepting link requests -- on a public Wi-Fi network for example -- are able to access passengers' booking references and surnames. Using these details, hackers are then able to steal even more information or even manipulate the… [Continue Reading]