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Ryanair has claimed that internet travel giant Booking.com is partly responsible for a recent “malicious attack” on the airline’s payment processing platform. Lawyers for Booking.com had described the allegation of a cyber-attack as “baseless” and “far-fetched”. “The allegations are baseless Read More …
A large amount of personal data belonging to airline passengers who flew on KLM and Air France was not properly secured, and was somewhat readily available for theft, according to NOS and information technology security researcher Benjamin Broersma. The security Read More …
Gulf Air, the national air carrier for the Kingdom of Bahrain, has confirmed suffering a data breach which most likely resulted in hackers stealing sensitive customer information. The company confirmed the news via a press release shared with local media Read More …
Travellers using the popular hotel website Booking.com are being warned not to fall for scam emails asking them to confirm their hotel payment, after a hack of Booking.com’s email system. In recent weeks the Observer has been contacted by a Read More …
Russian state conglomerate Rostec said on Thursday it had restored normal operations at its Leonardo air booking system following what it called a “massive cyberattack from abroad”. “The cyberattack has been successfully repelled,” Rostec said in a statement. It described Read More …
Ukrainian hackers have hacked into the Russian database of the Sirena-Travel booking system, obtaining information on 664 million flights over the last 16 years. They also obtained the names, phone numbers and document numbers of the passengers. News of this Read More …
Air Canada appears to have been the victim of a cyber attack after the company released a statement regarding the incident on September 21st. According to the statement, an authorized group gained what the company describes as “limited” access to Read More …
Ticket sales for national rail carrier Elron’s trains were disrupted Wednesday afternoon, after a cyber attack. Elron spokesperson Kristo Mäe said at the time that: “Until the situation is resolved and it remains, for technical reasons, impossible to purchase a ticket Read More …
“A large cyber-terrorist attack targeting the operating systems of many self-driving vehicles simultaneously could cause mass casualties” – that is the alarming scenario presented by MPs after their investigation into autonomous cars on British roads. After a 15-month enquiry, the Read More …
Car manufacturers are collecting troves of data on drivers and passengers — some even tracking drivers’ sexual activity — according to a new report. In a review of 25 car brands and 15 car companies published by Mozilla Foundation on Read More …