The UAE repelled a series of coordinated cyberattacks targeting its aviation and energy sectors
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates announced that they had successfully repelled a series of sophisticated and coordinated cyberattacks targeting the country’s aviation, energy, and education sectors.
According to the UAE Cybersecurity Council, the intrusion attempts were preemptively blocked, so critical systems and services are operating as usual.
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attackers employed several methods, including attempts to compromise digital infrastructure, attacks on operational data, and targeted phishing campaigns to infiltrate organizations’ networks. National cybersecurity teams quickly neutralized the threats, but the country’s authorities have not disclosed information about who was behind these attacks.
Source: Al Arabiya.
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