Flightradar24 Hit by Data Breach
By MYBRANDBOOK
Most popular Swedish-based app for flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has suffered a massive data breach that have compromised email addresses and hashed passwords for more than 2,00,000 customers and has been shut down immediately after the intrusion was detected late last week.
This information has shared in the company blogs and Forums on the breach publically via their blog or social media accounts, Flightradar24 started sending out emails this week with a password reset link, asking them to change their passwords. The company says, we have already invalidated your old password and the link in the email will allow you to create a new password. Expected a target of a phishing attack.
The forum says, we can confirm that the email some of our users received in regards to a security breach has been sent by us. The security breach may have compromised the email addresses and hashed passwords for a small subset of Flightradar24 users (those who registered prior to March 16, 2016).the company said.
We would like to apologize that this breach occurred and for the inconvenience this may cause. We would also like to stress that we have no indication any of personal information was compromise. The security breach was limited to one server and it was promptly shut down once the intrusion attempt had been ascertained. An email has been sent to users with affected accounts.
Please note that no payment information has been compromised. Flightradar24 neither handles nor stores payment information.We recommend to change the password for your FR24 account. In case you’ve used the same password anywhere else, we strongly suggest you update it there as well.
If you'd also like to change the email address of your Flightradar24 account, please email us via support@fr24.com providing both the old and the new email addresses. Also, it's possible to change the password directly via our website if you prefer. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconveniences caused. Our team will continue our thorough internal security review of our system and processes to see what more we can do to ensure that this never happens again.
The report says, more than 40 million users per month and its mobile applications are among the most installed apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store. However, it is always advisable to change your passwords on other online services .
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