United Airlines hacked by China-linked group suspected of previous US attacks

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http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1845102/united-airlines-hacked-china-linked-group-believed-responsible

Bloomberg
30 July, 2015

The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of US insurance holders and 
government employees in recent months breached another big target at 
around the same time -- United Airlines.

United, the world’s second-largest airline, detected an incursion into its 
computer systems in May or early June, said several people familiar with 
the probe.

According to three of these people, investigators working with the carrier 
have linked the attack to a group of China-backed hackers they say are 
behind several other large heists - including the theft of 
security-clearance records from the US Office of Personnel Management and 
medical data from health insurer Anthem.

The previously unreported United breach raises the possibility that the 
hackers now have data on the movements of millions of Americans, adding 
airlines to a growing list of strategic US industries and institutions 
that have been compromised.

Among the cache of data stolen from United are manifests - which include 
information on flights’ passengers, origins and destinations - according 
to one person familiar with the carrier’s investigation.

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