Airbus reports breach into its systems after cyber attack

guest · Jan 30, 2019

Airbus reports breach into its systems after cyber attack
January 30, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-its-systems-after-cyber-attack-idUSKCN1PO2TQ

Airbus (AIR.PA) on Wednesday said it had detected a cyber attack on its information systems which resulted in a data breach but it said the incident did not affect its commercial operations.

The world’s second-largest aerospace group said that the incident was being investigated and that it had taken actions to beef up security.

“Investigations are ongoing to understand if any specific data was targeted, however we do know some personal data was accessed. This is mostly professional contact and IT identification details of some Airbus employees in Europe,” the company said.
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Minimalist · Jan 31, 2019

European heavyweights Airbus, Altran targeted by cyberattacks

European aerospace and defence group Airbus has launched an inquiry into the origin and targets of a cyberattack detected earlier in January, the same month that French IT consulting group Altran also saw attempts to breach its systems.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-01-european-heavyweights-airbus-altran-cyberattacks.html

guest · Feb 1, 2019

Airbus warns staff to increase vigilance over cyber-security following breach
January 31, 2019
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/airbus...ber-security-following-breach/article/1524404

Airbus employees are being warned to take ‘all necessary precautions’ following a cyber-attack that saw personally identifiable information taken from its servers.

"We must assume that hackers are better at attacking than we are at defending – and that’s why we must go beyond the ‘detect and protect’ approach to cyber-security and focus on preventing attacks. Only this way can we – the cyber-security industry – empower organisations to truly secure their data."
"[...] We urgently need to move to systems built using privacy by design principles – where data security and obscurity are built into the system – and data is not in a box that is inevitably breached."
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guest · Feb 6, 2019

Chinese hackers behind cyber attack on aircraft manufacturer Airbus
February 5, 2019
http://www.talk-finance.co.uk/moder...cyber-attack-on-aircraft-manufacturer-airbus/

A group of hackers from China would be responsible for a cyber attack on the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, reports the French business magazine Challenges on the basis of anonymous initiates.

APT10 is known for its economic espionage for China. The group would have carried out its attack on Airbus over a period of several weeks. According to Challenges, the hackers group first focused on the computer systems of an Airbus supplier, after which it was discovered in January that the aircraft builder himself had also become a victim.

“The pattern of the attack is very similar to that of APT10,” says a source against the business magazine. Whether China is actually behind the hacks is not fixed. Although clues can give an idea of who might be behind an attack, hackers can also deliberately use certain tactics to put researchers on the wrong track.
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guest · Sep 26, 2019

Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers
September 26, 2019
https://www.france24.com/en/20190926-airbus-hit-by-series-of-cyber-attacks-on-suppliers

European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers who targeted its suppliers in their search for commercial secrets, security sources told AFP, adding they suspected a China link.

There have been four major attacks on Airbus in the last 12 months, according to two security sources involved in investigating the hacking.
The group has long been considered a tempting target because of the cutting-edge technologies that have made it one of the world's biggest commercial plane manufacturers, as well as a strategic military supplier.

Airbus and Rolls-Royce did not immediately reply to AFP's request for comment. Expleo said it would neither "confirm nor deny" that it had been targeted.
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- Who to blame? -
None of the sources who spoke to AFP could formally identify the perpetrators of the attacks, pointing to the extreme difficulty in obtaining evidence and identification in any cyber attack.
- Achilles' heel -
The attacks show up the vulnerability of Airbus to intrusions via its global supplier network, and the value of its technology to foreign countries.
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guest · Sep 27, 2019

China reiterates denial in cyber attacks after Airbus report
September 27, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ber-attacks-after-airbus-report-idUSKBN1WC115

China’s Foreign Ministry reiterated a denial of involvement in cyber attacks on Friday after French news agency AFP published a report that linked recent attacks on planemaker Airbus to China.

“China resolutely opposes any form of cyber attack,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily media briefing. Recent reports are irresponsible, unprofessional, and have ulterior motives, he said.
A series of cyber attacks on Airbus in the past few months was conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and security sources suspect a link to China, AFP reported on Thursday.
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guest · Sep 27, 2019

Airbus Says Taking 'Appropriate Measures' Against Hackers
September 27, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/airbus-says-taking-appropriate-measures-against-hackers

"We are protecting ourselves against cyberattacks," chief commercial officer Christian Scherer said at an event marking the first delivery of Airbus's latest plane, the A350, to Air France.

In January, it admitted to a security incident that "resulted in unauthorised access to data", but people with knowledge of the attacks who spoke to AFP outlined a concerted and far bigger operation over the last year.
Scherer conceded that hacking attempts to spy on the company were a "reality," but he insisted the company was taking "all the appropriate measures" to protect itself.
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