In spite of the denial by the Nigerian government-controlled Arik Air that its customers’ data were never leaked, Justin Paine, who discovered the leak on September 6, insisted there was a “massive” leak, and that it was only fixed after September 24. A payment gateway provider that Paine said showed in the leaked data, Flutterwave, […] …
Justin Paine
Arik Air not aware of data leak – Spokesman
Arik Air has said it was not aware that the data of its customers leaked online. An internet security expert Justin Paine said he discovered the breach during a random scan “for open/exposed/vulnerable Amazon S3 buckets” on September 6. Paine, who is the head of trust and safety at Cloudflare, said his attempt to alert […] …
Arik Air in customers’ data leak mess
A Nigerian airline has been accused of spurning efforts to notify it of a data leak that involves customers’ personal and payment information. The leak, which contained sensitive customer details such as device fingerprints, names, email addresses, last four digits of credit cards, and IP addresses, was discovered on September 6 by Justin Paine, the […] …