Planes, Trains and Automobiles Increasingly in Cybercriminal’s Bullseye
The transportation industry is increasingly targeted by cybercriminals looking to cause chaos, steal frequent flier miles and extort money with DDoS attacks.
Tom Spring
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Tom Spring is Editor-in-Chief of Threatpost. For the past two decades he has worked at a number of national publications in the roles of executive editor, technical editor and investigative reporter.
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