"Boeing was hit Wednesday by the WannaCry computer virus, raising fears within the company that it could cripple some vital airplane production equipment... Mike VanderWel, chief engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering, sent out an alarming memo calling for 'All hands on deck.' 'It is metastasizing rapidly out of North Charleston and I just heard 777 (automated spar assembly tools) may have gone down,' VanderWel wrote, adding that he’s concerned the virus will hit equipment used in functional tests of airplanes ready to roll out and potentially 'spread to airplane software...' ' https://www.seattletimes.com/busine...s-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/
Apparently not a major deal: Boeing statement: "A number of articles on a malware disruption are overstated and inaccurate. Our cybersecurity operations center detected a limited intrusion of malware that affected a small number of systems. Remediations were applied and this is not a production or delivery issue." https://twitter.com/BoeingAirplanes/status/979134166959783937
So how in heavens name is my question (if this is indeed accurate, all indications are it was something), could THAT have happened? WannaCry especially is already mostly globally addressed (even spawns of sorts/same basic code) and yet a brief panic announcement like this. Some joker inserting an already compromised USB or............
"Seattle Times reporting that Boeing has been hit by Wannacry virus. If it *is* the Wannacry attack - and not some variation - that would be a pretty damning state of affairs for Boeing's security measures." https://twitter.com/DaveLeeBBC?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
Probably some forgotten device that was never connected to the network and never patched. Somehow it got connected and wha-la!
Michael Hutchins [The WannaCry Hero] on Boeing incident: "I can't even look at the WannaCry sinkhole data to see if Boeing got hit with the original variant because FBI banned me from touching it." https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/979136602659209216
I was going to put an application in for Boeing in InfoSec when I finish school. Looks like I could be of some help as long as Admin is willing to listen.
The below implies to me they had unpatched devices they were not aware of. So WannaCry still remains a viable threat. https://www.scmagazine.com/boeing-hit-and-recovering-from-possible-wannacry-attack/article/754599/
I'm not amazed these billion dollar businesses, the US Government - Federal, State & Local, foreign governments & even million dollar businesses get hit with hacks, security intrusions & the like. I am plain disgusted at all these entities for being cheap, arrogant or stupid. All this and more is just an additional excuse why these entities won't act right towards others as far as food, shelter, clothing, well-being & decency go. Well done you *****!