Are The FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ Chinese Spies Hacking The Airline Industry?

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Last month’s Air India breach could be part of a broadside by China’s government against the airline industry, according to cybersecurity experts. But there are doubts about the attribution.

... [+]India’s flagship airline Air India announced last month it was, affecting as many as 4.5 million passengers. Their data, including passport information and some credit card details, had been compromised by unknown hackers.

But a cybersecurity company is now claiming, with “moderate” confidence, that a prolific Chinese government-sponsored espionage and cybercriminal group known as APT41 was to blame for the Air India breach. It could be part of a wider campaign to snoop on the airline industry, according to Singapore-based Group-IB, which showed.

Group-IB has recently been successful in identifying cybercriminals behind major operations. In November last year, it worked with Interpol to find a group of alleged Nigerian criminals dubbed TMT, which was

 

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