Blog Security Ransomware Attack on Airline Industry: Turning Point for India and Others Dean Houari is a Director of Security Technology and Strategy, APJ, at Akamai Technologies. A tempting target  \n Recently, the airline industry in India was hit by a ransomware attack that frustrated passengers. Although the attack was contained, there was an unfortunate impact on the flight scheduling system that caused major delays for several hours. This most recent attack comes on the heels of previous major data breaches affecting airlines in India in 2021, which exposed more than one million customers’ accounts.   \n Cyber public enemy #1 \n The good news was that this ransomware attack did not create a complete shutdown of airline services; the impact was limited to a few hours of flight delays and some frustrated customers. \n The fact that this ransomware attack was contained indicates that the airline has taken actions to adjust their security posture to prevent further data breaches.…