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Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike Over July 2024 IT Outage That Canceled 7,000 Flights

A Georgia state court has permitted Delta Air Lines to move forward with a lawsuit against cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, alleging gross negligence in last July’s systems outage that reportedly disrupted Microsoft operating environments and forced the cancellation of over 7,000 flights, costing the carrier roughly $500 million.

2025-05-20T07:33:23.064694-07:00

Airways Magazine

Commercial Aviation to Face Unprecedented Cybersecurity Threat Surge in 2025

2025-05-18T08:32:27.948668-07:00

FlightGlobal

South African Airways investigates scope of data exposure after May cyber breach

2025-05-06T06:26:46.849358-07:00

Aviation Source

Former FAA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Spying for Iran in Aviation Sector

2025-04-16T15:24:57.925927-07:00

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Space Intel Report

EU GPS/Galileo Jamming Incidents Top 6,000 in January as Brussels Eyes New Pressure on Russia, Belarus The European Commission says jamming of GPS and Galileo signals surged past 6,000 incidents in January, traced largely to disruptions emanating from Russian and Belarusian territory. With navigation reliability at risk for aviation and defense, Brussels is preparing fresh diplomatic and punitive measures against Moscow and Minsk.

2025-06-06T10:38:56.327838-07:00

EU GPS/Galileo Jamming Incidents Top 6,000 in January as Brussels Eyes New Pressure on Russia, Belarus

SpaceNews.com

The new attack surface: from space to smartphone As aerospace and defense systems converge with commercial networks, cybersecurity vulnerabilities now span from orbital assets to end-user mobile devices. Stakeholders must adapt strategies to secure satellites, ground infrastructure and personnel smartphones against evolving threat vectors.

2025-06-06T06:09:14.460626-07:00

The new attack surface: from space to smartphone

South China Morning Post

China Launches Two Quantum Modules to Extend Space-Air-Ground Secure Network China launched two experimental modules last week in a pivotal test of its budding space-air-ground quantum network. The payloads aim to establish ultra-secure communication links via entangled photons across orbital, airborne and ground stations, marking a significant stride in Beijing’s sovereign quantum communications.

2025-06-05T18:17:08.572755-07:00

China Launches Two Quantum Modules to Extend Space-Air-Ground Secure Network

Breaking Defense

DoD CIO says CMMC certification essential to secure F-35 data The DoD’s acting CIO Katie Arrington said the Pentagon’s new CMMC framework will provide assurance that defense contractors have the necessary cybersecurity posture to protect sensitive program data — including critical information on the F-35. Arrington told Breaking Defense that certification is vital to ‘trust, verify’ defense supply chain cyber readiness.

2025-06-05T09:26:24.294099-07:00

DoD CIO says CMMC certification essential to secure F-35 data

SpaceNews.com

Ransomware Threat Looms Over Orbiting Satellites: Operators Face Tough Choices Industry experts warn that orbiting satellites are increasingly vulnerable to cyber extortion schemes, with malicious actors potentially hijacking control or data links to demand ransom. As reliance on space-based services for navigation, communications and defense grows, operators face stark choices without clear protocols to counter such threats.

2025-06-02T06:09:33.175228-07:00

Ransomware Threat Looms Over Orbiting Satellites: Operators Face Tough Choices

Aviation Week

Regulators and Avionics Makers Roll Out Fixes to Thwart ADS-B Signal Misuse As low-cost receivers allow widespread access to ADS-B signals, unauthorised parties have tapped into aircraft surveillance channels, sparking privacy and security concerns. To counter this, regulators and avionics makers have rolled out fixes—ranging from signal authentication to data encryption—to secure ADS-B transmissions.

2025-05-22T14:14:35.810238-07:00

Regulators and Avionics Makers Roll Out Fixes to Thwart ADS-B Signal Misuse

Airline Economics

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Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike Over July 2024 IT Outage That Canceled 7,000 Flights A Georgia state court has permitted Delta Air Lines to move forward with a lawsuit against cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, alleging gross negligence in last July’s systems outage that reportedly disrupted Microsoft operating environments and forced the cancellation of over 7,000 flights, costing the carrier roughly $500 million.

2025-05-20T07:33:23.064694-07:00

Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike Over July 2024 IT Outage That Canceled 7,000 Flights

SpaceNews.com

IonQ Acquisition of Capella Space Paves Way for Quantum-Enabled SAR Imaging IonQ’s acquisition of Capella Space brings together the quantum computing specialist’s hardware with Capella’s SAR satellite constellation in low Earth orbit, setting the stage for quantum-enhanced synthetic aperture radar imaging, secure space-based quantum key distribution and fortified encrypted communications.

2025-05-18T10:02:30.216039-07:00

IonQ Acquisition of Capella Space Paves Way for Quantum-Enabled SAR Imaging

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