Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Air France-KLM
Affected country: France
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Air France-KLM has reported that it was the victim of a cyberattack. The hacking attempt appears to be intended to gather intelligence for a potential follow-up attack. The attackers initially targeted the Dutch side of the network. When extra security measures were taken there, the hackers attacked the French branch.