US planemaker Boeing has said that the company has no reason to believe that a widespread systems outage on June 30, 2026, was caused maliciously.
First reported by aviation website The Air Current (TAC), it is understood that computer systems across Boeing facilities the United States (US) were affected.
The outage led to production disruptions in both defense and commercial operations, according to TAC whose journalists spoke with individuals familiar with events.
In a statement, Boeing said it “experienced an unplanned IT outage” with “computer systems and applications” suffering issues.
“The cause of the outage is understood – we have no reason to believe it is due to a cyberattack – and our IT team is working to bring all systems back online,” Boeing said according to TAC.
In October 2023, Boeing was targeted by cyber criminals who used the LockBit ransomware to try and extort millions of dollars from the company.
At the time hackers wrote: “A tremendous amount of sensitive data was exfiltrated and ready to be published if Boeing do not contact within deadline. For now, we will not send lists or samples to protect the company BUT we will not keep it like that until the deadline.”
Despite demands from the group for a reported $200 million ransom, Boeing did not pay. The cyber criminals subsequently leaked 43GB of Boeing data online, according to industry publication techradar.