FlightAware Spilled Detailed Personal User Data For Years

As Much Detail About You As They Offer For Airplanes!

FlightAware is fun, letting you keep track of the planes flying over your head as well as offering more accurate about your flight status than the airline you are flying with does.  If you pay the subscription fee you can get even more details about the history of the plane and technical specs of it’s type.  Many people have been using it for years, and sadly they found out that flight information isn’t the only thing they’ve been sharing.  Users should have received an email this weekend suggesting you change your password as they have been leaking personal data for about three years now.

The personal data includes pretty much anything you put in your profile, including your name, last four credit card numbers, address and any comments you’ve posted to the platform.  Even worse, if you are a pilot things like your Social Security Number, planes you own and where you work was leaked.  The next time you log into FlightAware you will be required to change your password; do it now if you haven’t yet.

Bleeping Computer were also told that FlightAware will provide a free-of-charge 24-month identity protection package through Equifax.  That was not mentioned in the original email, so keep an eye out for future communications if you haven’t seen any details on protection yet.