HE cyber attack Air Europe ‘ was the leading rolehackers of Russian origin They hacked into servers at the airline’s headquarters in Mallorcainside llucmajormanaged to know Majorca DiaryFrom the Prensa Ibérica group, Air Europa internal resources on the island.
Leak, Secondly, the trouble the company has been experiencing since 2018, occurred according to detail the same sources consultedbetween 26 – 29 Septemberrecaptured and compromised some people’s information 100,000 customer debit cardsHowever, Air Europa did not raise the alarm until Tuesday.
The compromised information of 100,000 debit cards of Air Europa customers affected data such as the card number, expiration date and three check digits that these customers used to pay for airline tickets.
After setting off the alarm on Tuesday, Air Europa sent an email to holders of affected cards so they were canceled immediately, but still no evidence of improper accusations The fruit of a Russian cyberattack on servers at the airline’s headquarters in Llucmajor.
“To protect your interests, we recommend that you follow the steps below,” the airline said in the above-mentioned email. Based on this, he listed a number of preventive measures that his customers should follow to prevent the problem of fraudulent use of their bank accounts. Therefore, the company recommends identifying the card used for payment on its website and contacting the bank.Cancellation, cancellation or replacement of the card in question to prevent possible fraudulent use of your information.N“.
majorcan banks Received after Air Europa alert Flood of information on how Air Europa customers should proceed with their debit cards who took communication about infiltration. Some affected people told this newspaper: Cancellation and renewal of the card required an extra cost of six euros in process.Credit cards Air Europe Recruited by clients via bank intercard and what they mean to their owners Advantages and discounts on flights there was locked automatically without the request of the owner,As reported by an affected customer For this security decision.
Infiltration via web browsing technique
As reported this Wednesday digital newspaper El Confidencial, Air Europe He asked for a report from consulting firm Deloitte, Although it is one of the most qualified companies in this regard, it is also a company that suffers losses. Global cyber attack in 2017, It affected millions of internal emails.
When you have this accurate x-ray of what happenedThe airline was fined 600 thousand euros due to the problem in 2018. will take additional measures and activate liability insurance. On this occasion, the fraudulent use of 4,000 cards was detected, accounting for less than 1% of the stolen cards.
According to El Confidencial, based on three computer security experts it consulted,filtering would occur using the technique web browsing. It consists of accessing the company’s servers and changing the source code of the page where you are asked to enter your card information. When this data is sent that page makes a call to the payment gateway. The digital newspaper explains that everything seems normal, but at the same time transmits data to the attacker’s server. He explains to the newspaper: Let’s say when people buy tickets they collect them in real time. Ramon Medranocybersecurity and privacy expert.
“The aim of the cyber attack may be blackmail, but we do not rule out that stolen data is sold on the dark web, making them more likely to be the target of fraud and theft of funds.“, assessed the Financial Users Association (Asufin) on its behalf in a statement published on Tuesday.
The cyber attack on the Balearic Health Service in December 2019 set a precedent
Due to its impact and the volume of information released, The most serious cyber attack suffered by Mallorca since then the truth is that The suffering of the Balearic Health Service on 29 December 2021although it was not communicated until later as it is now, until February 2022.
Cyber attack directly affected 30,000 personal medical recordsmostly informed consent for operationsrelated to treatments And diagnostic tests for patientstogether waiting list files and else administrative documents. Medical records were kept safe.
target big attack between hackers was itl theft and subsequent encryption of all personal and administrative information that you were impressed and then asked balearic government According to sources, an economic rescue is needed for his recovery. Balearic Health Service
As a result of this infiltration, Government invests 600,000 euros to strengthen computer security at Servei de Saltut in the Balearic Islands and contacted 30,000 affected users individually to compare the exposed data.