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Only three of the world's top airports pass cyber security test

By Marilyn de Villiers for ITWeb
Monday, February 3, 2020

Fifteen airports were rated “A” with only miniscule issues found, while a troubling 24 were found to have exploitable and publicly known security vulnerabilities, thus earning an “F” rating. A further 47 were found to have security vulnerabilities or several serious misconfigurations.

Commenting on the research, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO and founder of ImmuniWeb, said: “Given how many people and organisations entrust their data and lives to international airports every day, these findings are quite alarming. Being a frequent flyer, I frankly prefer to travel via the airports that do care about their cyber security. Cyber criminals may well consider attacking the unwitting air hubs to conduct chain attacks of the travellers or cargo traffic, as well as aiming attacks at the airports directly to disrupt critical national infrastructure.” Read Full Article


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