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Namibia Airports Company: unauthorized access to network and admin accounts
NAC detected the incident on 6 Mar 2026 and published a notice on 16 Mar describing “unauthorised access to network infrastructure and administrative accounts”.
- Disclosed
What happened
- NAC detected the incident on 6 Mar 2026 and published a notice on 16 Mar describing “unauthorised access to network infrastructure and administrative accounts”. Systems were restored and NAC considered the operational effect slight. Other reporting says about 500 GB was exfiltrated, but NAC’s notice says there was no evidence that data was taken.
- Root cause: administrative accounts were accessed; the method was not disclosed.
- Attacker: not identified in NAC’s notice.
- Response: added firewall controls, restricted administrative access, improved monitoring; investigation ongoing.
Sources
- https://www.airports.com.na/news/169/CYBERSECURITY-INCIDENT-AT-NAC/
- https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks-public-administration.html
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