British police said on Wednesday a man was arrested as part of an investigation into ransomware attack Oppose RTX-owned Collins Aerospace, which hit the check-in system at an offline airport and led to extensive travel destroy All over Europe.
The man was arrested in his 40s on alleged crimes under the Computer Abuse Act and has since released his bones on conditional bail, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said in a statement.
“Although the arrest is a positive step, the investigation into the incident is in an early stage and is still underway,” said Paul Foster, deputy director of the NCA.
It is not clear which criminal group lags behind last week’s hackers. An NCA spokesperson declined to provide more details.
Ransomware gangs often advertise attacks on dark web “leak sites” and leak stolen data, but sites monitoring these portals have not detected any teams claiming the hack on Wednesday.
Ransomware is malware used by cybercriminals to encrypt company data and ask them to be published.
They usually operate in the shadows, and many try to avoid targets, which may be from eight of the law enforcement agencies that need not be paid attention to.
The attack on Collins Aerospace is the latest in a series of online hackers in Europe, with great offline consequences.
The UK’s largest automaker, Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors, said on Tuesday that the closure of the factory shut down until October 1 after hackers crippled its operations and smaller suppliers struggled this month.
Berlin Airport, one or Some Airports across Europe were affected by Collins Aerospace Hack, operator Ber said in a statement, saying on Wednesday it may take several days to have the functionality and secure software.
