The United Nations’ civil aviation company is investigating reviews of a “potential data safety incident” following a declare that tens of hundreds of its information had been stolen, the group mentioned on Monday.
The Canada-based Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO) mentioned in a short assertion posted on its website that the potential safety breach was probably tied to “a menace actor recognized for concentrating on worldwide organizations.”
ICAO confirmed to Reuters in a follow-up e mail that the investigation was associated to a declare reportedly made on a hacker discussion board on Jan. 6 that 42,000 information had been stolen from the company. It didn’t elaborate.
“At this early stage of our investigation, we can’t present further particulars concerning the incident or affirm particular claims concerning the knowledge doubtlessly concerned,” ICAO mentioned.
The company, which has 193 member states, was focused in a hack in 2016 and mentioned afterwards that it had made important enhancements to its safety.
(Reporting by Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens; Enhancing by Chris Reese and Kate Mayberry)
