Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline

The controversial budget airline Ryanair was targeted by the hackers who managed to steal almost US $5 million via a fraudulent electronic transfer to a Chinese bank.

The fund that the airline used to purchase fuel for its aircraft was being stolen by the attackers in the attack.

The airline investigated the incident with the bank and relevant authorities and immediately froze $5 million to prevent further fraud.

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hackers-steal-5-million-from-ryanairs-bank-account

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ryanair

"id": "rya13328522",
"linkid": "ryanair",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "04/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Aviation',
                        'name': 'Ryanair',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Fraudulent Electronic Transfer',
 'description': 'Hackers targeted Ryanair and stole almost US $5 million via a '
                'fraudulent electronic transfer to a Chinese bank. The fund '
                "used to purchase fuel for the airline's aircraft was stolen. "
                'Ryanair investigated the incident with the bank and relevant '
                'authorities and immediately froze the funds to prevent '
                'further fraud.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': 'US $5 million'},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigated with the bank and relevant authorities',
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Froze $5 million to prevent further '
                                       'fraud'],
              'law_enforcement_notified': True},
 'title': 'Ryanair Cyber Fraud Incident',
 'type': 'Fraud'}