{"id":9012,"date":"2025-09-22T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:20:56","slug":"collins-aerospace-european-airport-systems-hit-by-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/collins-aerospace-european-airport-systems-hit-by-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Aerospace\/European airport systems hit by ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A ransomware attack targeting Collins Aerospace\u2019s vMUSE check-in and boarding software in September created widespread disruption at several major European airports, including London Heathrow, Brussels, Berlin Brandenburg, and Dublin. The assault began late Friday and rendered automated check-in kiosks and bag-drop systems inoperable, forcing airline staff to revert to manual paper-based processes. This rapid shift caused severe delays, extensive queues, and hundreds of flight cancellations, with Brussels Airport alone cancelling nearly 140 flights in a single day. The disruption continued throughout the weekend, with impacts lingering into the following week as airports struggled to recover.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collins_Aerospace_cyberattack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<br>The source of the incident was later confirmed by the EU cybersecurity agency ENISA as a third-party ransomware attack, demonstrating a significant vulnerability in the aviation industry\u2019s reliance on single software vendors for critical operations. National cybersecurity agencies and law enforcement were quick to get involved, highlighting the event\u2019s seriousness.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cm-alliance.com\/cybersecurity-blog\/european-airports-cyber-attack-enisa-confirms-third-party-ransomware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<br>For the airline industry and security operations teams, the attack was a wake-up call. It showcased how third-party vendors can become single points of catastrophic failure and illustrated the potential for severe operational disruption not just data theft resulting from supply-chain attacks. The incident resulted in tangible business losses running into the low eight figures in just a few days, excluding further reputational harm and knock on effects. The attack underscored the urgent need for robust vendor risk management and supply chain cybersecurity practices across all critical sectors.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2025\/09\/european-airports-cyber-incident-critical-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ransomware attack targeting Collins Aerospace\u2019s vMUSE check-in and boarding software in September created widespread disruption at several major European airports, including London Heathrow, Brussels, Berlin Brandenburg, and Dublin. The assault began late Friday and rendered automated check-in kiosks and bag-drop systems inoperable, forcing airline staff to revert to manual paper-based processes. This rapid shift caused severe delays, extensive queues,<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,220,225,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-and-legal","category-government-advisory","category-heavy-industry","category-latest_news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyberenso.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Europe-Attack-Aviation-1.webp?fit=650%2C277&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9017,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions\/9017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}