A flight that Boeing would have done without… The American aircraft manufacturer announced Thursday that it was the victim of an extortion attempt, ensuring that flight safety was not affected.
“We are aware of a cybersecurity incident that is affecting our parts and distribution business,” a spokesperson said. “This issue does not affect flight safety,” he said, adding “actively investigating this incident” in coordination with law enforcement and regulatory authorities.
Experienced hackers
According to several media, a group of hackers called Lockbit issued an ultimatum on Friday, giving Boeing until November 2 to pay a ransom. Otherwise, it would make public “sensitive data that has been exfiltrated”.
In November 2022, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) described Lockbit ransomware as “the most active and destructive of variants in the world”. The group behind the software, which appeared around January 2020, would have already carried out more than 1,700 attacks against victims in the United States and around the world (Australia, Canada, New Zealand in particular) and allegedly collected approximately $91 million in ransoms in total.