
What the Collins Aerospace outage reveals about vendor risk
On September 19, 2025, chaos erupted at airports across Europe—but not because of weather, strikes, or mechanical failures. Collins Aerospace’s MUSE platform, the digital backbone handling passenger check-in and baggage processing from Heathrow to Dublin, went dark after a ransomware attack. Within hours, major airports including Brussels, Berlin, and Dublin were forced to revert to […]