Originally Posted by
jaysona
That's quite a stretch to make, especially in the absence of anything published anywhere.
I think it safe to assume Air Canada is a very big target. Lots of personal information (peoples address, passport numbers etc.) and lots of credit card transactions.
I also think it is safe to assume that most of these hackers are motivated by money and therefore to steal data over an extended period of time not necessarily bring down the system.
The ones that are paid by foreign governments and not motivated by money probably have politically bigger targets to go after than Air Canada.