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Indypendent: The MTA Website Leaks Private User Data For Years

User passwords, sexual harassment complaints and other sensitive information have been readable by internet eavesdroppers due to basic technical flaw

John Bolger
Jul 18, 2018
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Indypendent: The MTA Website Leaks Private User Data For Years

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My contributing debut for The Indypendent.

The Metropolitan Transportation Agency, MTA, exposed users’ sensitive private information for years through their very poor website. This, despite having squandered millions of dollars to Oracle in exchange for some of the insecure services. User passwords, phone numbers, addresses, and even sexual harassment complaints were readily readable to countless third parties.

Read the scoop here!

Photo credit: Jens Schott Knudsen

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