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Boeing says ‘cyber incident’ hit parts business after ransom threat

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Hackers reportedly targeted webpages offering material and logistics support to customers worldwide.

Boeing confirmed a cybercrime gang stole a huge amount of sensitive data, threatening to publish it unless a ransom was paid by Nov 2.

The Lockbit threat was no longer on the gang’s website as of Wednesday, and it didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Boeing declined to comment on whether Lockbit was behind the cyber incident it disclosed. Some webpages on the company’s official website that had information on the Global Services division were down on Wednesday, with a message that cited technical issues.Lockbit was the most active global ransomware group last year based on the number of victims, and it has hit 1,700 US organisations since 2020, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency .

 

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