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Somalia’s new e-visa security flaw exposes thousands of applicants’ data

Somalia’s newly relaunched electronic visa portal contains a serious security flaw that could allow unauthorized parties to download large numbers of e-visas holding sensitive personal data, including passport information, full names and dates of birth, according to findings confirmed by Al Jazeera. The vulnerability emerged a month after a separate breach of the country’s e-visa platform exposed tens of thousands of records and prompted warnings from the United States and United Kingdom. Al Jazeera reported that it verified…