To take revenge on her ex, the American put dozens of people in mortal danger

The woman allegedly hacked the flight school application and allowed aircraft with maintenance problems to fly, reports Vice.

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In Florida, a 26-year-old girl allegedly hacked an application used by a flight school to control planes in an attempt to get revenge on her former employer.

According to the police report, in some cases, aircraft that had previously had maintenance problems were "allowed to fly." The burglary, according to the school's general director, could endanger the pilots.

Lauren Lyde, 26, who worked at the Melbourne Flight Training School, stepped down as flight manager in late November 2019 after the company fired her father.

Months later, she allegedly hacked into her former company’s systems, deleting and altering the records, in an apparent attempt to take revenge on her former employer, according to court records obtained by Motherboard.

Derek Fallon, CEO of Melbourne Flight Training, called the police on January 17, 2020 and said that five days earlier he had logged into his Flight Circle account, the app his company uses to control and track its planes, and found that there was no information.

Fallon discovered that someone had deleted records related to aircraft with maintenance issues and all inspection reminders were removed, “which means aircraft that could have been unsafe to fly were deliberately made“ airworthy, ”according to document written by the Melbourne airport police.

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“Between the data being altered and corrected, this was a situation that could have endangered human life,” Fallon said in the affidavit. Fallon then stopped all flights.

Five days later, he called the police and accused his former Hampton Lyde employee and his daughter Lauren of hacking into the system.

Police investigators obtained information about the IP address that was used to access this account, and found that it really belongs to Hampton Lyde.

Investigators also asked Google for information about the Gmail account that was used to log into the Flight Circle app and found that the email address belonged to a user named "The Lides." Hampton Lyde later told investigators that it was the family's email address.

“There are no other companies/organizations at Melbourne International Airport that use the Flight Circle program, so the knowledge required to modify/delete/modify these records would likely have to come from an employee with Melbourne Flight Training with administrative rights,” the post states. Melbourne Police Department.

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Ultimately, the investigator said they believed Lauren Lyde had used Melbourne Flight Training's current flight manager account to interfere with the system. It is unclear how she got his password.

In an interview with police, Hampton Lyde denied knowing about the events, but said he was "a little worried about my daughter."

“You guys don't know how [Fallon] mocked her ... I mean, he tortured her, made her unhappy, lied to her. She couldn't wait to get out of there, ”Hampton said, according to a court document. He added that his daughter was also angry because Fallon fired him. “You guys don't understand the agony he put her through,” Hampton said.

Lyde was charged with computer fraud and two cases of unauthorized access to a computer system or network.

Melbourne Flight Training did not respond to a request for comment sent through the Melbourne Flight Training website.

When Motherboard called the phone number listed on the court documents for Hampton Lyde, the person who identified himself said, "I don't know anything about this."

Lauren Lyde did not respond to the voicemail left on the cell phone number listed in the document as her cell phone.

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