European airports hit by Collins Aerospace check-in cyberattack; Heathrow, Berlin, Brussels face disruptions

Context: Hack targeted Collins Aerospace’s MUSE/cMUSE check-in & boarding software (owned by RTX), forcing manual processing and cancellations at major European hubs while fixes roll out.

Winners

CrowdStrike ($CRWD) — High-profile aviation outage spotlights endpoint protection gaps; airports/airlines likely to accelerate EDR/XDR spend where CrowdStrike is a go-to.

Palo Alto Networks ($PANW) — Zero-trust network segmentation and next-gen firewalls become board-level priorities for critical infrastructure, lifting platform consolidation toward PANW.

Fortinet ($FTNT) — Airports and ground-handling networks need robust edge security and OT-aware firewalls; Fortinet’s strength at the perimeter/branch is well al ...