Russian Hackers Killnet Executed a Cyber Attack on European Air Traffic Control Agency Eurocontrol

According to the Wall Street Journal, at least 2,000 Eurocontrol employees could not access the organization’s internal and external communication tools.

Commenting on the Eurocontrol cyber attack, David Mitchell, Chief Technical Officer at HYAS, advised organizations to isolate operational technology from other IT systems.

“It is important for critical OT systems like Air Traffic Control, power & water to be air-gapped from other IT systems — primarily because OT systems can often be decade(s) old and do not have the normal software update cycle of IT systems,” he said. . . ( Read Full Article . . )