Aviation Security
Breach Incidents
Essential Reading
British Airways Data Breach 2019
£20M ICO fine for British Airways — the defining GDPR enforcement action in UK aviation, covering 500,000 customers' payment and personal data.
SpiceJet Ransomware Attack 2022
SpiceJet ransomware attack, May 2022: hundreds of passengers stranded, flights delayed and cancelled across India — a blueprint for how ransomware disrupts airline operations.
Boryspil Airport Cyberattack
NotPetya reached Boryspil Airport's operational systems in 2017 via IT network propagation — the defining demonstration of IT/OT convergence risk in aviation.
Airports Authority of India Ransomware Attack 2023
Airports Authority of India ransomware attack 2023: systems at one of the world's largest airport authorities compromised, demonstrating that government aviation bodies face the same ransomware threat as commercial operators.