A cyber attack against West It started last week remains unresolved, because the questions persist on the nature and the benefits of the violation.
The country’s second airline said this week that it worked to assess whether sensitive data or customer information had been compromised after the hackers have accessed its internal systems.
The attack, which was detected at the end of last week, did not affect operations, but that some customers may meet “interruptions or intermittent errors” on the website and the Westjet application, according to an online opinion.
Spokesperson Josh Yeats said on Friday that investigations in collaboration with the police were underway, but that the company had not specified the type of cyber-intrusion, such as a malware or ransomware attack.
The violation of the airline based in Alberta arrived just in front of foreign leaders, who met last weekend for the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, although no direct link with the event was identified.
Airlines and airports have become increasingly popular prey for hackers, as their personal and financial and world -scale data shifts allow tempting targets.
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Japan Airlines said he was hit by a cyber attack on December 26, causing delays at more than 20 interior flights during the winter holidays. The airline said it was able to stop the assault and restore its systems a few hours later, without impact on flight safety.
In September, the hackers demanded US $ 6 million dollars in the operator of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole in a ransomware attack the previous month and later published on the Dark Web, the airport said. The port of Seattle, which owns and operates the airport, chose not to pay, said an official at the time.
Westjet posted for the first time “the cybersecurity incident” on June 13, shortly after its start.
“Westjet has made significant progress in the safeguarding of our digital environment and the support of specialized teams working to resolve cyber-incident,” said the company in an update on Wednesday.
“We work as quickly as possible to assess potential scope data.”
– with files from the Associated Press
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