Boeing is attacked by wannacry ransomware
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes has been the latest victim of the WannaCry ransomware. The US aerospace giant has confirmed that a small number of computers responsible for automating wing spar assembly machines, at a company facility north of Charleston, South Carolina, were affected.
Boeing denies impact of WannaCry attack on delivery schedule
Despite this, the company ensures that this incident has had no impact on its delivery schedule. Boeing handles the manufacturing and distribution of wide-body commercial aircraft from its facilities in South Carolina, including its latest 787 Dreamliner, which has a huge order book of more than 700 aircraft.
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Like many other companies, Boeing maintains old computers that handle vital manufacturing equipment and that are vulnerable to today's malware and malware. Businesses often follow the "if something works don't touch it" principle so today there are millions of vulnerable systems around the world.
For a high-risk operation like Boeing's, these vulnerable computers result in cascading delays that affect not only the company, but also airlines that rely on the company to deliver on time, run new routes, or replace old aircraft. Therefore, it is especially important that they update their computers to close possible security problems.
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