An ex-employee has been jailed after admitting to carrying out cyber attacks against Jet2 which took down their computer systems for more than 12 hours.
Read more ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ex-employ…
Read more ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ex-employ…
NCA investigators proved that 27-year-old Scott Burns from Leeds illegally accessed a domain operated by Dart Group and their subsidiary, Jet2.
Burns removed a folder from the Jet2 network which stored all user account details, preventing at least 2,000 members of staff from logging into their network accounts and accessing their emails.
He also hacked the email inbox of Jet2’s CEO multiple times.
He also hacked the email inbox of Jet2’s CEO multiple times.
Network intrusion is not a victimless crime.
Not only did Burns’s actions have a potential financial impact on Jet2, it caused huge disruption to their staff and technical operations.
Not only did Burns’s actions have a potential financial impact on Jet2, it caused huge disruption to their staff and technical operations.
The evidence secured internally by Dart Group was extremely beneficial to this investigation.
Our advice to victims of such attacks is to preserve as much evidence as possible in the immediate aftermath – it will assist law enforcement in catching the perpetrator.
Our advice to victims of such attacks is to preserve as much evidence as possible in the immediate aftermath – it will assist law enforcement in catching the perpetrator.
