Indiana PhD Candidate visited by FBI for coding airline ticket creator
A PhD Candidate at my own alma mater has been served with a search warrant for his role in disclosing a major hole in airline security.
His crime? He coded a php script that created a fake Northwest airlines boarding pass.
The search warrant: Page 1, Page 2.
Northwest Airlines still feels that the system is secure. Then again, they’re bankrupt already…
Other coverage: Boing Boing, Slashdot, His blog
