Digital aviation company FlightAware is apologizing after recently discovering a “data security incident” related to a “configuration error.” The incident, however, was not recent as it occurred over three years ago. Thousands of subscription users may have had their personal information shared “inadvertently.” The major flight-tracking platform released a statement notifying its users of the security episode, but appears to have shared two different versions of its remarks. Accidentally exposing personal data FlightAware’s President and General Manager, Matt Davis, revealed the data […]

While Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is the only airport in the world with eight runways, did you know that it was the scene of a UFO sighting in 2006? At around 16:15 on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, a group of United Airlines employees and several other people saw what they believed to be a flying saucer hovering over the airport for several minutes. While the description of the UFO varies slightly depending on […]