I think the big cyber incidents happening in the Middle East and Europe in recent months, particularly ransomware as a service, so big names like Jaguar Land Rover and others, have kind of given this meeting an extra buzz just before we met. Quite a few people flew in from that have been affected by the supply chain attack on baggage handling software. So it was very relevant and topical.
The notorious Scattered Spider hacking collective behind cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer and others is likely leaning on the expertise of other cyber criminals to enhance the severity of its attacks and the volume of its victims, according to NCC Group's Threat pulse report for August 2025. The gang's attacks this year appear to herald a threat landscape in which collaboration is increasingly the watchword among cyber criminals.