
NATS September outage cost UK economy about £33m, report says
A legacy National Airspace System defect, not an attack, cancelled 1,152 flights and disrupted about 450,000 passengers.
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A legacy National Airspace System defect, not an attack, cancelled 1,152 flights and disrupted about 450,000 passengers.

About 2,000 also had passport numbers and contacts exposed; access ran from August 2023 to September 2026.
About 2,000 of those customers also lost passport, frequent-flyer, email and phone data; flights and cards were unaffected.
The public set has over 920 million steps, four aircraft types, and nine verified fault scenarios.

South Africa seeks help after a ransomware toolkit was installed on an air traffic control network.

A new DOT rule exempts airlines from providing meal vouchers or hotels for cyberattack-caused delays if carriers comply with applicable cybersecurity regulations.

Exposed Vietnam-linked APIS database held 220.8 million passenger and crew records with passport and flight data from January 2017 to April 2026.

Kaspersky reports Mirage Kitten targeting aviation and fintech organizations across the Middle East and Africa with new NodeRabbit and PollCat backdoors.
Manchester Airports Group disclosed a cyberattack exposing contact details of about 8.7 million customers across Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports.

Manchester Airports Group confirmed attackers stole customer booking and WiFi signup data affecting about 8.7 million customers across three UK airports.

Manchester Airports Group reported a cyberattack exposing booking data of about 8.7 million customers across three English airports.
Manchester Airports Group disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed customer data from bookings and airport Wi-Fi registrations.
Manchester Airports Group says cybercriminals took customer data affecting an estimated 8.7 million customers at the UK's largest airport operator.

A passenger on Delta flight 591 allegedly spoofed the airline's in-flight Wi-Fi with a rogue access point, prompting an FBI and FAA investigation.
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