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SQL Injection Attack on Airport Security
2024-09-02 11:07

Interesting vulnerability: …a special lane at airport security called Known Crewmember (KCM). KCM is a TSA program that allows pilots and flight attendants to bypass security screening, even when...

Researchers find SQL injection to bypass airport TSA security checks
2024-08-30 19:02

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a key air transport security system that allowed unauthorized individuals to potentially bypass airport security screenings and gain access to...

Tired of airport security queues? SQL inject yourself into the cockpit, claim researchers
2024-08-30 13:28

Infosec hounds say they spotted vulnerability during routine travel in the US Cybersecurity researchers say they've found a vulnerability that allowed them to skip US airport security checks and...

Seattle airport 'possible cyberattack' snarls travel yet again
2024-08-26 18:30

No word yet on if ransomware is to blame The Port of Seattle, which operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is investigating a "possible cyberattack" after computer outages disrupted...

Seattle-Tacoma Airport IT systems down due to a cyberattack
2024-08-26 13:09

The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has confirmed that a cyberattack is likely behind the ongoing IT systems outage that disrupted reservation check-in systems and delayed flights over the...

Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped
2024-04-19 20:30

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Co-founder of collapsed crypto biz Three Arrows cuffed at airport
2023-10-03 01:30

Asia in brief Zhu Su, co-founder of fallen crypto business Three Arrows Capital, was arrested last Friday at Changi Airport in Singapore as he attempted to leave the country. Zhu is expected to spend four months in jail for failing to comply with investigations into his ill-fated company, according to the 3AC's liquidators, consultancy firm Teneo.

TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade
2023-07-03 22:12

Its abilities have been assessed over the past two years, and the system has boosted identity verification efficiency without infringing on travelers' privacy rights, a TSA spokesperson told us. "Right now we are at six percent fully operational capacity," TSA press secretary Carter Langston said in an interview with The Register.

Dublin Airport staff pay data 'compromised' by criminals
2023-07-03 15:14

It's an awkward Monday for Dublin Airport after pay and benefits details for some 2,000 staff were apparently "Compromised" following a recent attack on professional service provider Aon. Victims of the criminals exploiting the MOVEit flaws include multiple US government agencies, Ofcom, the BBC, British Airways and Aer Lingus.

'Russian hacktivists' brag of flooding German airport sites
2023-02-17 18:30

A series of distributed denial-of-service attacks shut down seven German airports' websites on Thursday, a day after a major IT glitch at Lufthansa grounded flights. Ralph Beisel, the general manager of Germany's ADV airport association, confirmed the network-flooding events in an emailed statement to The Register, but did not specify which airports were hit.