Security Flaw in Airline Boarding Passes Reveals Passport Numbers, Date of Birth

[mandy]

A security hole in airline boarding passes that could allow an identity thief to obtain a passenger's passport details and date of birth.

Q. What could a boarding pass tell an identity fraudster about you? A. Way too much

A simple airline stub, picked out of a bin near Heathrow, led Steve Boggan to investigate a shocking breach of security

This is the story of a piece of paper no bigger than a credit card, thrown away in a dustbin on the Heathrow Express to Paddington station. It was nestling among chewing gum wrappers and baggage tags, cast off by some weary traveller, when I first laid eyes on it just over a month ago...

full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1766138,00.html