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Prolific cybercrime gang now targeting airlines and the transportation sector
The fresh wave of attacks targeting airlines comes soon after the hackers hit the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry.
Cybersecurity firms are warning that the prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is now targeting airlines and the transportation sector. Scattered Spider is a collective of mostly English-speaking hackers, typically teenagers and young adults, who are financially motivated to steal and extort sensitive data from company networks. The hackers are also known for their deception tactics, which often rely on social engineering, phishing, and sometimes threats of violence toward company help desks and call centers to gain access to their networks.
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