Cyberattack hits world’s largest aircraft leasing company
AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, has reported a ransomware infection that occurred earlier this month, but claims it has not suffered any financial losses and all its systems are under control.
In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the aerospace giant revealed a cybersecurity incident involving ransomware on January 17.
“We promptly took steps to investigate with the support of third-party cybersecurity experts and notified law enforcement. We have full control of all of our IT systems and to date, we have suffered no financial loss related to this incident. Our investigation into this incident, including the extent to which data may have been exfiltrated or otherwise impacted, remains ongoing.” The report explained.
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The intrusion has been attributed to the ransomware group named Slug, which has publicly claimed responsibility and identified AerCap as its initial target.
Cyberattack analysts from Hackmanac report that the perpetrators allege to have illicitly obtained 1TB of data belonging to AerCap.
“As of now, Slug’s dark web portal remains bare, revealing no further information about the group,” the security firm wrote on X.
🚨A new group has emerged in the ransomware landscape: Slug🚨
Slug, identifying the Irish company AerCap as its initial public target, claims to have exfiltrated 1 TB of data. This data is threatened to be progressively released over a two-week period should an agreement not be… pic.twitter.com/sWvBgh1GHf
— HackManac (@H4ckManac) January 18, 2024
