Security experts are repeating warnings to keep pictures of documents with personal information and barcodes — such as boarding passes and tickets — off social media, after the latest instance of such information being misused | TimBiggs
Security experts are repeating warnings to keep pictures of documents with personal information and barcodes — such as boarding passes and tickets — off social media, after the latest instance of such information being misused.an Instagram post from former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, showing a boarding pass, to discern his passport number and other personal details.Getty Images
Mark Gorrie, the Australia-Pacific senior director of cybersecurity company NortonLifeLock, said boarding passes featured information that can make it very easy for anyone to uncover more personal details than what are printed on the paper.Blogger Alex Hope used the booking reference that was visible on the boarding pass to log in to Qantas' website and was able to view personal details.
Hope said he had tried to scan the barcode on Mr Abbott's pass, but then realised the booking reference was printed on it so he used that to log in to Qantas' website and found Mr Abbott's details. about software that could dig into the data locked away behind pictures of barcodes and QR codes on tickets and boarding passes.
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