{
  "id": 7231819,
  "title": "220 Million Traveler Records Exposed In Vietnam-Linked APIS Leak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/220-million-traveler-records-exposed-in-vietnam-linked-apis-leak",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/12/1758204/220-million-traveler-records-exposed-in-vietnam-linked-apis-leak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A misconfigured Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database linked to Vietnam exposed more than 220 million passenger and crew travel records spanning 2017 to 2026, including names, passport numbers, nationalities, flight details, seat assignments, and baggage references. Researchers said the database was reachable through a chain of security mistakes and default credentials. It was…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}