Aviation Cybersecurity Under Scrutiny Following Seattle Airport Cyberattack

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SEA scrambled to find alternate means of communication as sending emails became impossible and terminal message boards remained dark for over a week, the airport says.

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The U.S. federal government needs to harmonize and streamline cybersecurity requirements that place an “unnecessary burden on industry” and undermine the effort to deter bad actors, Airlines for America Cybersecurity Managing Director Marty Reynolds told Congress. During a recent U.S. Senate hearing...
Aaron Karp

Aaron Karp is a Contributing Editor to the Aviation Week Network.

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