McGruber writes "Northrup-Grumman's Govtrip.com website has been shut down coming a defense breach, according to rule to rule to a report by 'Security Fix' blogger Brian Krebs. Being a federal view resumes and frequent work traveler, I am (was?) a Govtrip user. My agency obligatory me to use Govtrip to book all of my trips, including my airfare, car rentals, and hotel reservations, so Northrup-Grumman's Govtrip databases contain my frequent flier numbers, Avis & Budget car rental numbers and frequent hotel guest (Choice Privileges, Marriott Rewards, Priority Club, etc.) numbers. Northrup-Grumman also stored all of my trip itineraries, including destinations, dates & modes of travel and the item vendors (airline, hotel, rental car brand, etc.) used on a scrupulous trip. Also stored on the website were my work travel credit-card (it has a $15,000 charge limit), squeamish




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