UN aviation agency conceals serious hack: media

ronjor · Feb 27, 2019

February 27, 2019

The Montreal-based UN aviation agency concealed for months a hack on its computers and allowed the malware to spread throughout the airline industry, Canada's public broadcaster reported Wednesday.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was the victim in November 2016 of the "most serious cyberattack in its history," Radio-Canada said.
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guest · Mar 4, 2019

Risks to Aviation 'Grossly Inaccurate,' says ICAO
March 4, 2019
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/risks-to-aviation-inaccurate/

A 2016 cyber-attack that resulted in a major data breach for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), believed to be the work of a hacker associated with Emissary Panda, should have been prevented, according to the CBC.

However, a spokesperson from ICAO said in a statement, "The purported gravity of the malware found on our servers in 2016 has been greatly exaggerated in the CBC account. ICAO regrets many of the erroneous interpretations and conclusions presented in today’s CBC article surrounding a three-year-old data security incident we experienced.

"We’re not aware of any serious cybersecurity ramifications for external partners which resulted from this incident [...]"
"As indicated in our earlier statement, this matter was investigated immediately after it was identified, by two independent expert organizations, and then reported to our Governing Body."
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