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Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
In the Daily Dot article above:

> CommuteAir added that the server, which was taken offline prior to publication after being flagged by the Daily Dot, did not expose any customer information based on an initial investigation.

Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
I'll add that while the OED dates the singular they to the mid-14th century (betw. 1335-1361), use as to avoid gendering an individual is found from ca. 1450; the OED also gives earlier attestations for them (1429) and their (1398) of the same usage.
Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
In the aforementioned Daily Dot article:

> CommuteAir added that the server, which was taken offline prior to publication after being flagged by the Daily Dot, did not expose any customer information based on an initial investigation.

As a side note, maia uses it/its pronouns.

Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
>>Remember the gatekeeper is now [...] unemployed [...] who "know lot's of things about cyber security" according to [its] main page. Seems likely a competent bad actor could easily impersonate a well-meaning reporter...

...and it has a Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maia_arson_crimew), and has demonstrated in other cases (cf. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/feelyou-mental-health-app-dat...) that it has at least a reasonable grasp on what to leak and what not to leak.

Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
The Daily Dot article specifies that it's the United States' (the Terrorist Screening Center's).
Rhinozz··on How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
No, 'it' is not the same as 'they' here. To refer to a person of unknown pronouns, they/them/their/theirs/themself should be used. However, if one's pronouns are specified to be either they/them/their/theirs/themself or it/it/its/its/itself, use those preferred.