Security News > 2020 > January > Oddly specific 'cyber attack' hits Alaskan airline RavnAir and one plane type

A small Alaskan airline has suffered a curiously specific "Cyber attack" that mostly affected its De Havilland Dash 8 airliners.

RavnAir Group declared on 21 December that it had "Experienced a malicious cyber attack on our company's IT network" the day before, causing it to cancel all of its flights operated with Dash 8s on its RavnAir Alaska airline.

The US Associated Press newswire reported that an unnamed cybersecurity company, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation "And others" are all working with RavnAir to figure out what happened and help the airline recover.

The group said "The cyber attack forced us to disconnect our Dash 8 maintenance system and its backup."

De Havilland Canada has been in contact to tell The Reg it is "In contact with RavnAir and, if requested, is available to assist the authorities that are investigating the cyber attack that impacted RavnAir's IT network."

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