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   EU says ransomware to blame for attack which caused chaos at airports   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:05:55 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Delays at Heathrow and other major European airports identified as being down   
   to ransomware.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Hundreds of flights across Europe were cancelled and delayed after a   
   cyber-related disruption meant electronic customer check-in and baggage drop   
   was taken offline.    
      
   The EUs cybersecurity agency ENISA has confirmed the disruption was linked to   
   a ransomware incident, but did not reveal which particular strain was to   
   blame.    
      
   "The type of ransomware has been identified. Law enforcement is involved to   
   investigate," a statement declared.   
      
   Extended disruptions    
      
   The attack targeted Collins Aerospace, particularly a product called ARINC   
   cMUSe, a next-generation common-use passenger processing system solution that   
   allows multiple airlines to share check-in desks and boarding gate positions   
   at an airport rather than having their own dedicated infrastructure.    
      
   The disruptions affected flights from Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin, as well   
   as knock-on effects to both Dublin and Cork Airports.    
      
   Across the Atlantic, a severed pair of fiber optic cables caused disruptions   
   at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. These cables impacted both    
   primary and secondary paths of data which support computer systems, radars,   
   and radio frequencies.   
      
   Yesterdays disruption was caused by multiple failures of the TDM data   
   telecommunications service provided by Frontier - a local telecommunications   
   company. This then led to an outage impacting the FAAs Dallas TRACON    
   facility, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed .    
      
   Oversight by L3Harris, an FAA contractor, failed to ensure that redundancies   
   in the system functioned properly. This is a clear example of the FAAs   
   outdated infrastructure and underscores the urgent need to modernize our air   
   traffic control systems.    
      
   Although this has now been resolved, the FAA says this incident highlights    
   the critical importance of clearing thousands of state and local permitting   
   obstacles so that the industry can move forward from aging, analog systems to   
   more resilient, digital technology which is critical to the reliability and   
   resiliency of the national airspace system.    
      
   Via The Register   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/eu-says-ransomware-to-blame-for-attack-   
   which-caused-chaos-at-airports   
      
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