Inside Continental Aerospace’s crippling 2024 cyber attack

Thousands of workers, contractors and their dependents associated with a Mobile aerospace company were unaware for nearly a year that their sensitive information, including bank account details and Social Security numbers, could be accessed and downloaded on the dark web.

Hacker demands, public records and victim notifications that have recently come to light detail the extent of a debilitating February 2024 ransomware attack at Continental Aerospace Technologies, where malicious software was able to extract and encrypt an expansive amount of the manufacturer’s digital infrastructure — everything from Social Security numbers to bank and routing information to passport data to HR investigations and even a photo of Gov. Kay Ivey at a local Mobile Chamber event that was saved in the CEO’s pr