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A U.S. transportation security agency said Wednesday it plans to issue new cybersecurity requirements for some key aviation systems after several U.S. airport websites earlier this week were hit ...
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is recovering Tuesday after an IT issue grounded flights at its hub airport and stopped passengers from making online bookings.
Southwest Airlines (the third largest US major airline by domestic passengers) was entirely unaffected. A Southwest spokesperson confirmed that the airline had seen no impact from the CrowdStrike outage but refused to confirm speculation among aviation industry analysts that it had been shielded by its notoriously outdated software. [137]
In recent months, the U.S. aviation industry groups has stepped up concerns, warning of the risk of interference with flight equipment.For background, the airline industry uses radar altimeters to ...
In 2019 the ICO announced it intended to issue a fine for 1.5% of the airline's 2017 turnover, amounting to £183.39 million. [5] After negotiations with the ICO British Airways was fined £20 million by the Information Commissioner's Office in October 2020. [5] The financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic was cited as one reason for the ...
An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a stealthy threat actor, typically a state or state-sponsored group, which gains unauthorized access to a computer network and remains undetected for an extended period. [1] [2] In recent times, the term may also refer to non-state-sponsored groups conducting large-scale targeted intrusions for specific ...
In early October 2024, at least 30 Indian flights received bomb threats. [28] During the last two weeks of the month, at least 500 hoax bomb threats were received in the aviation sector. For the year up to 14 November, 999 fake threats were recorded, ten times more compared to the previous year. [29]
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a watchlist, pursuant to 49 USC § 114 (h)(2), [1] of "individuals known to pose, or suspected of posing, a risk of air piracy or terrorism or a threat to airline or passenger safety." The list is used to pre-emptively identify terrorists attempting to buy airline tickets ...