Dublin airport staff’s pay, benefits compromised in cyber attack

Dublin airport staff’s pay, benefits compromised in cyber attack

The attack is linked to a security flaw in file transfer tool MOVEit.

Dublin airport operator DAA Group was one of many global companies affected by the attack on MOVEit. (Rawpixel pic)
DUBLIN:
The pay and benefits details of nearly 2,000 staff members of DAA, which operates Ireland’s Dublin airport, were compromised due to a recent cyber attack on professional service provider Aon, the Sunday Times reported.

DAA can confirm that as a result of a recent cyber attack on Aon, a third-party provider, data relating to some employees’ pay and benefits was compromised, the report quoted DAA’s spokesman as saying.

DAA was one of many global companies affected last month by the attack on the file transfer software tool MOVEit, used by Aon, the newspaper added.

DAA and AON did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside office hours.

Victims of the cyber attack include US government agencies, the UK’s telecom regulator, and energy major Shell, all of whom have been hit by a security flaw in Progress Software’s MOVEit product discovered in May.

On Friday, chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said that its supplier was as victim of cyber attack.

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