Lessons from the August 2024 Vienna Concert Terror Plot: Security Strategies for Large Events & Critical Infrastructure

Lessons from the August 2024 Vienna Concert Terror Plot: Security Strategies for Large Events & Critical Infrastructure

Lessons from the August 2024 Vienna Concert Terror Plot: Security Strategies for Large Events & Critical Infrastructure In August 2024, Austrian authorities, with intelligence cooperation from international agencies, disrupted a terrorist plot targeting Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna. The attack, allegedly orchestrated by radicalised individuals, planned a mass-casualty event using vehicle ramming, knives, and explosives. This foiled…