Notorious hacker group is now targeting the aviation industry, the FBI says
10 months ago
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- Scattered Spider, a cybercriminal group, is targeting the US and Canadian aviation industry.
- The group uses social engineering to deceive IT help desks into granting access, bypassing MFA.
- Large corporations and third-party IT providers in the airline ecosystem are at risk.
- Once inside, the group steals sensitive data and deploys ransomware.
- Cybersecurity firms like Mandiant and Unit 42 confirm similar incidents in the airline sector.
- Recommendations include tightening help desk identity verification processes.
- Recent incidents affected WestJet and Hawaiian Airlines, though flight operations remain unaffected.
- Southwest Airlines confirmed no system compromise.