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Subject: [ISN] United Airlines hacked by China-linked group suspected of previous US attacks
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-07-30 9:52:35
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http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1845102/united-airlines-hacked-china-linked-group-believed-responsible
Bloomberg
30 July, 2015
The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of US insurance holders and
government employees in recent months breached another big target at
around the same time -- United Airlines.
United, the world's second-largest airline, detected an incursion into its
computer systems in May or early June, said several people familiar with
the probe.
According to three of these people, investigators working with the carrier
have linked the attack to a group of China-backed hackers they say are
behind several other large heists - including the theft of
security-clearance records from the US Office of Personnel Management and
medical data from health insurer Anthem.
The previously unreported United breach raises the possibility that the
hackers now have data on the movements of millions of Americans, adding
airlines to a growing list of strategic US industries and institutions
that have been compromised.
Among the cache of data stolen from United are manifests - which include
information on flights' passengers, origins and destinations - according
to one person familiar with the carrier's investigation.
[...]
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