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This thread to follow reports of MP accounts that actually have been hacked / improperly accessed. If you have missing miles and beleive you have been hacked, contact [email protected]
In Suspended MP Accounts / Third Party Vendor "Security Breach?" - Dec 2014 there is discussion of a security breach of a 3rd party that UA seems to believe may lead to inappropriate access to UA accounts via the username method of logging into united.com. Let's follow the breach and log-in changes in the above thread.
A separate(?) "access denied" issue is covered in Consolidated " Is united.com or parts of it Down?" thread
In Suspended MP Accounts / Third Party Vendor "Security Breach?" - Dec 2014 there is discussion of a security breach of a 3rd party that UA seems to believe may lead to inappropriate access to UA accounts via the username method of logging into united.com. Let's follow the breach and log-in changes in the above thread.
A separate(?) "access denied" issue is covered in Consolidated " Is united.com or parts of it Down?" thread
UA Account Hacked / Reports of Fraudulent Award Travel Redemption
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Isn't your password the following:
password
It's supposedly a very common choice.
password
It's supposedly a very common choice.
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What is a hot "spit". I had one of those in MSY. It came out booth ends at the same time.
Did you mean - spot?
And the French Quarter is not a great place to "spit".
I count the #2 (gotta go) bus and trolly a great salvation to hearing Johnny Cash playing "Ring of Fire".
And that is what it was. Damn, New Orleans can make some strong gumbo.
Did you mean - spot?
And the French Quarter is not a great place to "spit".
I count the #2 (gotta go) bus and trolly a great salvation to hearing Johnny Cash playing "Ring of Fire".
And that is what it was. Damn, New Orleans can make some strong gumbo.
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Would you prefer the option where agents don't verify who is calling with your account info? Would you up UAs security grade if anyone could call in with your account # and book award flights, make changes, etc?
Now I certainly would agree with an argument that they should probably use an automated system, like some other companies do, to verify your PIN. That way, you don't have to speak it, where anyone within earshot and the agent themselves know what is. Or would get the argument that one should be able to disable their PIN for use on United.com. But personally, I agree with the idea that an agent in some way verifies a PIN before a transaction where they debit miles from my account. Or even verify basic information on the account.
Now I certainly would agree with an argument that they should probably use an automated system, like some other companies do, to verify your PIN. That way, you don't have to speak it, where anyone within earshot and the agent themselves know what is. Or would get the argument that one should be able to disable their PIN for use on United.com. But personally, I agree with the idea that an agent in some way verifies a PIN before a transaction where they debit miles from my account. Or even verify basic information on the account.
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Just make it a one digit number. That makes it easy on both ends. Why complicate this with a four digit password. Easier would be no password. My fingers hurt already (typing this), forget a password. Everyone is happy!
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Secure wifi does not secure your information end-to-end, only over the air. If the data is not secure via https, then it can still be gathered once the data is back on the wire.
Even relaying through a VPN does not protect you. It will be decrypted at the other end of the VPN, and is then pubic.
All one does via secure wifi or VPN is move the "eavesdrop" point.
HTTPS is secure. Yes, the HeartBleed bug in openssl did exist, but that was very brief and I do not know of real world attacks via it.
Assuming UA has a valid https login, then the breaches could come through many sources:
. Human engineering (A caller claiming to be UA asking for your PIN)
. Infected computers
. Use of 3rd party computers (NEVER do this for confidential data)
. Internal security breaches.
. brute forces guessing pins.
All of these are vastly more likely than recording wifi data over the air and cracking the https security. UA's reply to JB was sad.
except a 4 number pin is F-.
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There are many ways this can be made more secure ... ever called a bank or credit card company?
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Club Carlson just made me to change my existing password to the above format.
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You can have a strong password but the PIN is still a available access method. You can not disable PIN access on your MP account.
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I think DL has done the same.
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Assuming UA has a valid https login, then the breaches could come through many sources:
. Human engineering (A caller claiming to be UA asking for your PIN)
. Infected computers
. Use of 3rd party computers (NEVER do this for confidential data)
. Internal security breaches.
. brute forces guessing pins.
All of these are vastly more likely than recording wifi data over the air and cracking the https security. UA's reply to JB was sad.
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. Human engineering (A caller claiming to be UA asking for your PIN)
. Infected computers
. Use of 3rd party computers (NEVER do this for confidential data)
. Internal security breaches.
. brute forces guessing pins.
All of these are vastly more likely than recording wifi data over the air and cracking the https security. UA's reply to JB was sad.
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Binary!
I don't believe this forum should be a lesson on breaking security. Suffice it to say that it can be done more readily than your phone company would like you to believe. Digital security is an illusion.
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I spoke to a very nice woman at United security. They were able to deactivate the gift cards before the person could use the miles. The person changed my e-mail address to be one letter different (on yahoo) and have have the gift cards e-mailed to that address. Yesterday when I changed the pin it was sent to the bad guy's e-mail address. ...
People should realize that the email account they use in conjunction with "valuable" accounts needs to be treated as a high security account.
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I'm curious about something. I added someone as a traveller on my MP account so I could give them a reward ticket. I got an automated e-mail from United telling me my account had been changed. Didn't the OP get an e-mail when the hacker changed the info in his account?