Summer is here, and for some of you it may be vacation time as well. Notice to followers of social networks, be careful not to reveal too much.
It’s summer, the suitcases are packed, heading to the airport to pass Well deserved vacation with family or alone, with friends or as a couple. All this has something to make enthusiastic, even a little too much. Arrived at the airportwhile waiting for the boat, you decide to spread your happiness on your social networks by posting a photo of your plane ticket. Although this seems completely normal, it is not not advised to do.
Surprisingly, it’s not to save you from complaining about your colleagues who are still stuck in traffic, but for your own good. Yes, yes, we assure you! Even if your credit card number is not indicated on your ticket, the latter still indicates a minimum information who may be interested hackers. This is how an innocuous photo can be examined and used by malicious people in no time.
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Stop taking pictures of plane tickets
The information that appears on your plane ticket does not seem advanced enough to hide it, and yet. On each boarding pass is your legal and full name, your ticket number and your passenger name record (PNR). It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s enough information for malicious people to try to harm you. Amir Sachs, CEO of cybersecurity firm Blue Light IT, told Travel + Leisure that“en using the PNR and your last name, a hacker can have full access your booking information, which will give them access to your phone number, email address and emergency contact details”.
So displaying your plane ticket can actually cause you security issues and fraud. Josh Amishav, CEO of data breach monitoring firm Breachsense, said: “Hackers can use social engineering techniques, posing as airline representatives, to trick you into revealing more personal data. They can also create targeted phishing attempts using your boarding pass information, leading to clicks on malicious links or sharing sensitive data”. For the next photo, we will therefore content ourselves with showing our most beautiful smile.
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