{"id":237021,"date":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237021\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","slug":"f1-news-formula-1-drivers-info-exposed-in-fia-cyber-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237021\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Formula 1 driver’s info exposed in FIA cyber hack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen had his details exposed in a cyber attack on the FIA. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

The incident, which occurred in June but was revealed publicly this week, was promptly resolved in collaboration with the hackers.<\/p>\n

Three ethical hackers \u2014 Gal Nagli, Sam Curry, and Ian Carroll \u2014 accessed the FIA\u2019s system, which manages driver classifications and super licences, by exploiting a vulnerability in the website\u2019s framework.<\/p>\n

The group created a profile and elevated their access rights to administrator status, allowing them to view the internal dashboard.<\/p>\n

Nagli explained the extent of what they could see through his X account. He also clarified that they did not save any data they accessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cImportant clarification, we did NOT download or save any passports or sensitive personal information,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe validated the vulnerability existed, took screenshots for proof, and immediately stopped testing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll test data was deleted. No driver information was compromised by us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked with the FIA to promptly fix the issue. Shoutout to their team for the rapid response and taking the matter seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FIA confirmed that steps were taken immediately to secure the portal and report the incident to data protection authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediate steps were taken to secure drivers\u2019 data, and the FIA reported this issue to the applicable data protection authorities in accordance with the FIA\u2019s obligations,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has also notified the small number of drivers impacted by this issue. No other FIA digital platforms were impacted in this incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FIA has invested extensively in cyber security and resilience measures across its digital estate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has put world-class data security measures in place to protect all its stakeholders and implements a policy of security-by-design in all new digital initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hackers, all F1 fans, stressed that their actions were intended to expose weaknesses rather than cause harm. The FIA portal was taken offline on June 3, and a full fix was implemented within a week.<\/p>\n

This is not the FIA\u2019s first cyber incident; a separate hack last year affected email accounts, though details were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen had his details exposed in a cyber attack on the FIA. Image: XPB Images The incident,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,837,813,816,825,85],"class_list":["post-237021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-fia","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-max-verstappen","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}