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A secret terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records, including classified "no-fly" records was exposed on the internet.The list was left accessible on an Elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it.Millions of people on no-fly and terror watchlists exposedJuly this year, Security Discovery researcher Bob Diachenko came across a plethora of JSON records in an exposed Elasticsearch cluster that piqued his interest.Terrorists or reasonable suspects who pose a national security risk are "nominated" for placement on the secret watchlist at the government's discretion.The list is referenced by airlines and multiple agencies such as the Department of State, Department of Defense, Transportation Security Authority (TSA), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to check if a passenger is allowed to fly, inadmissible to the U.S. or assess their risk for various other activities.
