Hawaiian Airlines disclosed a cybersecurity breach amid growing industry alerts about Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group known for targeting sectors via social engineering and vendor compromise. While it remains unconfirmed whether the group is behind the incident, similar attacks on WestJet and technical disruptions at American Airlines have raised concerns. U.S. authorities and cybersecurity experts are urging the aviation sector to harden systems and improve identity verification protocols.

Read more:

https://www.securityweek.com/hawaiian-airlines-hacked-as-aviation-sector-warned-of-scattered-spider-attacks/