The websites of some major US airports were down early Monday in an apparent coordinated denial-of-service attack, though officials said flights were not affected.
The attacks followed a call by a suspected pro-Russian hacker group calling itself Killnet for coordinated denial-of-service attacks on targets. The group posted a list of targets on its Telegram channel.
“We became aware this morning that the external website was down, and our IT and security people are currently investigating,” said Andrew Gobeil, representative of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “There has been no impact on operations.”
Parts of the public side of the Los Angeles International Airport website were also disrupted, spokeswoman Victoria Spilabotte said. “No internal airport systems were compromised and there were no operational disruptions.”
Spilabette said the airport notified the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration, and the airport’s information technology team was working to restore all services and investigate the cause.
Several other airports reported problems connecting to their websites or that their sites seemed to be running very slowly, including the Chicago O’Hare International Airport website, which was included in Killnet’s target list.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said in a statement that the websites for O’Hare and Midway Airport went offline early Monday, but airport operations were not affected.
Last week, a group of hackers claimed responsibility for cyberattacks against state government websites across the country.
[Con información de The Associated Press]
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