Mon, 22 Sep 2025

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 EU cyber agency says airport software held to ransom by criminals

Brussels Airport asks airlines to cancel nearly half of their outgoing flights on Monday.

* Ransomware attacks have caused chaos in several major airports around the world, including Heathrow and Brussels.
* The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has identified the type of ransomware used and law enforcement is involved in investigating.
* Several airlines were affected by the attack, with many still using manual workarounds to board and check-in passengers.
* Collins Aerospace was targeted by hackers who used a popular checking software called Muse.
* Over 1,000 computers may have been "corrupted" and most of the work to bring them back online is being done in person.
* Ransomware attacks are a prolific problem, with organised cyber crime gangs earning hundreds of millions of dollars from ransoms every year.
* Cyberattacks in the aviation sector have increased by 600% over the past year, according to a recent report by French aerospace company Thales.
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