RT Journal Article
T1 The types of hackers and cyberattacks in the aviation industry
A1 Florido Benítez, Lázaro
K1 Aviación - Industria
K1 Líneas aéreas
K1 Aeropuertos
K1 Seguridad informática
K1 Ciberterrorismo
K1 Piratas informáticos
AB The main goal of this study is to analyse the types of hackers and cyberattacks in the aviation industry, to enhance cybersecurity in the air sector. This manuscript has identified 12 different typologies of hackers in the aviation context. First, those hackers who exercise responsibility in proper, effective, ethical, and good practices to improve the safety of citizens and organizations, such as white unicorns, red, blue, green, and nation sponsored hackers. And second, those hackers that are devel- oping and using cyberattacks with bad practices to provoke serious material damage to public and private organizations, consumers, or even terrorist acts to kill people, including black, nation-state, cyberterrorist, whistle-blower, hacktivist, script kiddie, and gray hackers. Furthermore, findings reveal 54 cyberattacks documented in the period analysed (2000 – January 2024). Of the total cyberattacks in the period ana- lysed, 35 were perpetrated at airports (65%) and 19 by airlines (35%). This study also suggests some lines of action to ensure and guarantee the security of data and private information for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) and their transactions in the aviation industry.
YR 2024
FD 2024-08-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32554
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32554
LA eng
NO Florido-Benítez, L. The types of hackers and cyberattacks in the aviation industry. J Transp Secur 17, 13 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12198-024-00281-9
NO Universidad Málaga/CBUA Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026