On June 27th, 2025, the FBI declared that America’s airlines are under attack from digital threats. Over the past year, airline and transport organisations have seen a drastic escalation in cyberattacks, with groups like Scattered Spider making the headlines. According to recent research from Thales, the aviation sector has seen a dramatic 600% year-on-year increase in cyberattacks, with 27 major attacks by 22 ransomware groups between January 2024 and April 2025. Notably, these attacks are not using cutting-edge techniques or advanced technologies; they’re taking advantage of the basic security failures that have gone unnoticed within a company’s infrastructure. These are…
