The United Nations Aviation Agency has confirmed that thousands of records were accessed after a hacker compromised its internal recruitment database.
at the end of the week A person using the name “Natohub” claimed to have obtained 42,000 documents from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The agency said Monday it was investigating the incident. Natohub confirmed the claims in a latest statement sent to TechCrunch on Tuesday.
“ICAO can confirm that the reported information security incident involved approximately 42,000 recruitment application data records,” the threat actor known as Natohub announced in a statement.
Compromised data included names of job applicants; email address, ICAO said that includes information including date of birth and work history. “The affected data includes financial information; Passwords It does not include passport details or documents uploaded by applicants,” the agency added.
ICAO said the breach was “limited” to the recruiting database and that it was working to identify and notify those affected.