Boeing was attacked by ransomware and WannaCry becomes the most suspected object
According to the Seattle Times, Boeing suffered a ransomware attack on Wednesday (probably “WannaCry“) and its chief engineer for commercial aircraft, Mike VanderWel, warned that the ransomware is spreading from the Boeing plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. Going out and may have already caused the 777 spar beam auto-assembly tool production line. VanderWel is concerned that malware may not only infect the equipment used for aircraft functional testing but may also be extended to “aircraft software.”
However, Boeing said in a statement on Twitter that there was a gap between the media coverage and the real situation because according to Boeing’s network security operations center, the invasion of malware only affected a few systems, and security personnel had already taken remedial measures.
Statement: A number of articles on a malware disruption are overstated and inaccurate. Our cybersecurity operations center detected a limited intrusion of malware that affected a small number of systems. Remediations were applied and this is not a production or delivery issue.
— Boeing Airplanes (@BoeingAirplanes) March 28, 2018
Although WannaCry is occasionally found to be trying to spread, most security researchers have been able to effectively intercept this ransomware. This is why one year later, all released patches and AV software can detect it.
Currently, the ransomware suffered by Boeing Company has not yet been confirmed by 100% as WannaCry, and security personnel speculates that it may be just an imitation of WannaCry.
Source: bleepingcomputer
