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Hacker News is a widely popular website that features news, articles, and videos related to hacking, cybersecurity, and other related topics. The site was founded in 2006 and is owned by Y Combinator. It is visited by millions of users each month, and it is one of the most trusted sources of information on the web. Hacker News covers topics such as computer security, programming, cryptography, privacy, data breaches, cyber warfare, and other related topics. In addition to news, articles, and videos, the site also includes user-generated content, such as questions and answers, comments, and stories. The site is organized into sections such as “Hacker News”, “Ask HN”, “Show HN”, “Jobs”, “Podcasts”, and “Events”. Users can also create their own threads and discussions. The website also provides a platform for users to post and share their own projects.
Airportr is a service that allows passengers to have their luggage picked up, checked, and delivered to their destinations. As you might expect, it’s used by wealthy or important people. So if the company’s website is insecure, you’d be able to spy on lots of wealthy or important people. And maybe even steal their luggage. Researchers at the firm CyberX9 found that simple bugs in Airportr’s website allowed them to access virtually all of those users’ personal information, including travel plans, or even gain administrator privileges that would have allowed a hacker to redirect or steal luggage in transit. Among even the small sample of user data that the researchers reviewed and shared with WIRED they found what appear to be the personal information and travel records of multiple government officials and diplomats from the UK, Switzerland, and the US...