Boeing hit by unconfirmed ransomware attack
(www.securityweek.com)
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They're investigating it. What kind of data did they get?
Given how many pies Boeing has it’s fingers in. There is no small list of possibilities. Most of which would be extremely detrimental for the United States in general. Not just the cabal. If it made it into public circulation.
The proprietary data on its Commercial Fleet alone would be worth a fortune. When it comes to Defense Contracts.
Specs for Missiles, ICBMs, Missile Defense, Classified information for Military Jet Aircraft etc. Are just a small fraction of possibilities.
Depending on what they actually got. They could potentially reveal weaknesses in onboard Electronic/Computer systems. Composition of classified materials. Potential design flaws to exploit. SAP programs. The list goes on.
Possible example. Suppose they reveal weaknesses in onboard computers. Airliner flying over the Rockies for instance. Spoof fake altitude and navigation data. You could potentially get planes running straight into Mountains if the weather was bad enough and pilot visibility poor.
I’d probably avoid flying on anything Boeing manufactured for the foreseeable future. At least until the full extent of the breach becomes known. Because you are in essence relying on a group that’s already of dubious ethics to not be willing to endanger the lives of innocent people if Boeing doesn’t pay up. That’s supposing they aren’t state actors employed by as part of a plausible deniability group.
The global aviation and space technology leader “develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide,” LockBit posted.
Article refers to a Zero-Day exploit. Cisco just had a Zero-Day exploit found 2 weeks ago. Huge company like Boeing would most likely use multiple vendors for networking hardware to maximize protection but Cisco I'm sure is part of the environment.
Is there a better way to launder bazillions of dollars than these ransomware attacks? To big to not pay and the big guys get their 10%
Auth0 and cloudflare went down for a bit today.
They probably were in their system for a while, they usually let it lay and access remote networks etc. Then it takes a while for the data to be screened and pillaged.
Yup, I’ve experienced tgst st my lady company. Hackers sat for a couple of weeks scoping out the size before they locked it up. Took 3 weeks to clean up.
Its a mess if you don't have regular and good back ups! And thats not always a safe bet.