Cyber attacks on the aviation industry in 2022

February 28, 2023

In 2022, the air transport industry has increasingly become a target for cyber attackers. From airlines to ground handling services to military organizations, numerous industry players around the world have been victims of cyberattacks. However, the headlines were dominated by DDoS attacks on the websites of numerous airports, committed by pro-Russian groups. We provide an overview of the incidents.

• The statistics are based on the known incidents listed here.
• Since only some of the cases become known, the evaluations are not representative.
• Industries where incidents are immediately visible due to public access (e.g. healthcare) are more represented than others.
• An incident may be assigned to multiple countries or industries. Also, a country cannot always be assigned. So the totals shown on the charts may be different.
• The graphics may be reused according to the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (attribution: KonBriefing Research).

KonBriefing Research had counted 38 successful cyberattacks on companies and organizations for 2022.

For 2022, KonBriefing Research counted the following successful cyberattacks on aviation companies and organizations: January (2)  •  February (5)  •  March (3)  •  April (3)  •  May (9)  •  July (2)  •  August (1)  •  October (11)  •  November (2)

For 2022, KonBriefing Research found successful cyberattacks on companies and organizations of the following industries: Aviation (38)  •  Transportation (32)  •  Aiport (21)  •  Airline (10)  •  Aerospace & Defense (4)  •  Public sector (2)  •  Military (2)  •  Universities (1)  •  Technology (1)  •  Service provider (1)  •  Rescue (1)  •  Healthcare (1) (Multiple assignments possible).

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