Dublin airport staff's pay and benefits compromised in cyberattack -Sunday Times (updated)
02/07/2023 01:15
(Adds details from Sunday Times report in paragraph 2-3,
background in paragraph 5-6)
July 2 (Reuters) - 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 cyberattack on
professional service provider Aon AON.N , the Sunday Times
reported.
DAA can confirm that as a result of a recent cyberattack on
Aon, a third-party provider, data relating to some employees’
pay and benefits was compromised, the report quoted DAA's
spokesperson 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 cyberattack include U.S. 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 PRGS.O
MOVEit product discovered in May.
On Friday, chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co
(TSMC) 2330.TW said that its supplier was as victim of
cyberattack.
(Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by David
Gregorio and Jonathan Oatis)
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