SpiceJet’s hacker who gained access to 1.2 million passenger record tried to warn the airline - but it fell on deaf ears

The data breach includes names, phone numbers and more of over 1.2 million SpiceJet passengers.The security researcher calls their actions as “ethical hacking”, so it is likely that the data won’t fall into the wrong hands.SpiceJet initially did not offer a “meaningful response”, but fixed the breach after being notified by CERT-In.SpiceJet has reportedly been affected by a data breach, exposing private information of more than 1.2 million passengers. A security researcher gained access to the information by brute-forcing the password to SpiceJet’s systems. SpiceJet had left the information unencrypted in a database file, giving easy access to hackers.According to the TechCrunch report, the researcher claims his actions as “ethical hacking”. While this suggests that the passenger data may

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