Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-04-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ryanair
Affected country: Ireland
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Ryanair confirms to have been targeted in an international scam that siphoned about $5 million from its bank accounts. The theft has been carried through a fraudulent electronic transfer via a Chinese bank.