Europe’s Airports Held Hostage: When Your Boarding Pass Becomes a Ransom Note
Schiphol, 05:47 a.m. local time: the departure boards flicker like a bad poker tell, then politely inform 70,000 passengers that their flights have been “re-accommodated to tomorrow, maybe.” Behind the scenes, ransomware—christened “Skytanic” by some under-caffeinated analyst—has locked down everything from baggage algorithms to the barista card readers. Welcome to the latest pan-European wake-up call:…