Creating a cyber-aware culture How can AI play an effective part in cyber-defence strategies and where can it present challenges to the user? New Electronics investigates.
Earlier this month the US saw a hack on Microsoft s Exchange email software with the possibility that tens of thousands of organisations both in the US and beyond may have been impacted.
In fact, shortly after the news broke, the European Banking Authority said that its email servers had been compromised by the attack and that personal data may have been accessed from its servers. As a consequence it was obliged to pull its entire email system offline while it assessed the damage.
March 16, 2021
Airlines around the world are focused on improving operational efficiency and enhancing passenger experience as they resume services in a post COVID-19 world. In the process however, they are increasingly being targeted by highly sophisticated attacks. The latest target was aviation IT company SITA that suffered a “highly sophisticated” attack on its IT systems, in which passenger data from multiple airlines around the world was compromised.
SITA essentially provides IT services to the aviation industry around the world, including to airlines, airports, and ground handlers, SITA and serves roughly 90% of the world’s airlines. A data breach at potentially means the frequent flyer details of millions of travelers were compromised.