Boeing confirms attempted $200 million ransomware extortion attempt

News reports indicate Boeing was targeted by the LockBit ransomware group in October 2023; attackers demanded $200 million and subsequently published about 43 GB of company data. An indictment unsealed later identified Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as a principal LockBit administrator, prompting international law-enforcement actions and sanctions, while Boeing said it did not pay a ransom and that flight safety was not affected.