Brits have been warned about how scammers can commit identity theft using boarding passes posted on social media. Sharing seemingly innocent travel photos can expose travelers to major security and privacy violations by providing access to private data by hackers and scammers.
TSB fraud director Richard Daniels said fraudsters can use personal information with boarding passes such as their name, passport number, date of birth, email and phone number to “unleash a wave of nasty spoofing fraud.” He added that in some cases, scammers can use tickets and scammers can use their personal information to follow up with phishing attacks.
Scammers try to steal people's money and identities by tricking victims into revealing more personal information about themselves.
Attackers may attempt to discover credit card numbers, bank information, or passwords, and cybercriminals that normally pretend to pretend to be a reputable company, friend or acquaintance with a fake message with links to phishing websites.
Richard added that criminals can use their personal information to take over their bank accounts or even take over services and utilities in the victim's name.
A study on the risk of posting photos posted online in partners' Universal International Research Journals revealed that “cybercriminals have the ability to change flight bookings and terminate them using PNR (passenger name records).”
The PNR is a unique code that identifies flight or train bookings, and the investigation warned that it could also provide access to sensitive passport information “which could lead to identity fraud.”
Richard told Sun that posting images using QR codes can also be dangerous as they can also be used to create fake passes.
He strongly advised that he posts photos online for Pass and adds them to his phone's digital wallet. This is because biometric data such as facial recognition must be accessed.
