The last major disruption to European aviation followed the September 11 attacks in the United States almost a decade ago.

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Because the attacker is trying to create maximum disruption, attacks are most likely to occur at the worst possible time for the victim.

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Part of the genius of capitalism is its ability to adjust to disruption from within and attacks from without.

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In simple terms cyber attacks focus on the disruption or destruction of information, information systems or information infrastructure and to deny their availability to the system owners or legitimate users.

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