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AWS outage knocks out Delta, United and Southwest websites and apps

A global Amazon Web Services outage centered on the US‑EAST‑1 region temporarily knocked out websites and apps for major U.S. carriers including Delta, United and Southwest, preventing online check‑in and reservations. AWS later said systems recovered after widespread disruptions across airlines, retailers and financial firms.

2025-10-20T02:28:19.646552-07:00

Reuters

Hackers breach PA and display systems at four North American airports, broadcast pro‑Hamas, anti‑Trump messages

2025-10-16T15:56:39.595515-07:00

Skift

Vietnam Airlines confirms customer data breach linked to third‑party service platform

2025-10-14T04:25:07.342687-07:00

Aviation Week

Boeing, Southwest and Aeroxchange complete industry’s first digital 8130‑3 e‑certificate parts shipment

2025-10-13T04:08:26.450607-07:00

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Runway Girl

Digital identity is remaking passenger journeys — what airlines, airports and regulators must deliver Airlines, airports and regulators are adopting digital identity—biometrics, tokenised credentials and data‑sharing—to create frictionless journeys from check‑in to border control and boarding. Realising those gains requires interoperable standards, integrated systems and new privacy and cybersecurity safeguards across public and private actors.

2025-10-20T08:52:43.247771-07:00

Digital identity is remaking passenger journeys — what airlines, airports and regulators must deliver

CNBC

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AWS outage knocks out Delta, United and Southwest websites and apps A global Amazon Web Services outage centered on the US‑EAST‑1 region temporarily knocked out websites and apps for major U.S. carriers including Delta, United and Southwest, preventing online check‑in and reservations. AWS later said systems recovered after widespread disruptions across airlines, retailers and financial firms.

2025-10-20T02:28:19.646552-07:00

AWS outage knocks out Delta, United and Southwest websites and apps

Reuters

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Hackers breach PA and display systems at four North American airports, broadcast pro‑Hamas, anti‑Trump messages Unauthorized intrusions hit public‑address and information‑display systems at four North American airports — three in Canada (including Kelowna and Victoria) and Harrisburg International in the U.S. — where recorded messages praising Hamas and criticizing Donald Trump were aired. Investigations are underway; a security expert warned the breach could have been worse.

2025-10-16T15:56:39.595515-07:00

Hackers breach PA and display systems at four North American airports, broadcast pro‑Hamas, anti‑Trump messages

Wall Street Journal

Trump Hosts White House Dinner Attended by Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta and Palantir Representatives President Trump hosted a White House dinner attended by representatives from major defense and technology firms, including Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies. The gathering brought together senior private‑sector contractors and cloud/data companies for discussions at the White House.

2025-10-15T13:49:06.215855-07:00

Trump Hosts White House Dinner Attended by Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta and Palantir Representatives

Via Satellite

Keysight completes $1.46B acquisition of Spirent, expands communications-testing portfolio Keysight Technologies has completed a $1.46 billion acquisition of Spirent Communications, integrating Spirent’s communications-testing technologies into Keysight’s product portfolio. The transaction expands Keysight’s capabilities in network and device testing and broadens its commercial offering for advanced communications test solutions.

2025-10-15T12:57:31.020859-07:00

Keysight completes $1.46B acquisition of Spirent, expands communications-testing portfolio

Via Satellite

European officials warn cyber and multi‑domain warfare is affecting space operations At the Space Defense and Security Summit in Paris, senior French and German officials warned cyberspace is now a primary warfighting domain and that cyber conflicts have reached orbital systems, forcing militaries to integrate multi‑domain defenses to preserve satellite resilience and continuity.

2025-10-15T09:22:01.040051-07:00

European officials warn cyber and multi‑domain warfare is affecting space operations

Via Satellite

UK weighs Starlink and commercial LEO for military satcom — balancing risks, resilience and industrial policy UK military satcom leaders and industry partners are actively assessing commercial low‑Earth‑orbit services such as Starlink against options to preserve sovereign military communications. Discussions focus on operational risks, resilience to jamming and cyber threats, and the industrial and procurement consequences of relying on commercial providers.

2025-10-14T12:42:11.834467-07:00

UK weighs Starlink and commercial LEO for military satcom — balancing risks, resilience and industrial policy

Skift

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Vietnam Airlines confirms customer data breach linked to third‑party service platform Vietnam Airlines has confirmed that certain customer data were accessed after a cyberattack on a third‑party customer‑service platform operated by a global technology partner. The carrier says it is one of several international companies affected, joining other airlines and global brands hit in the same incident.

2025-10-14T04:25:07.342687-07:00

Vietnam Airlines confirms customer data breach linked to third‑party service platform

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