Port of Seattle says it was hit with possible cyberattack; outage affects airport, phone systems


The Port of Seattle said Saturday it was hit with a “possible cyberattack” that impacted Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, phone systems, and websites.

The outage was first reported Saturday morning just after 9 a.m. PT, described as an “internet and web systems outage.” A few hours later, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport posted on X and said the Port “experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack.” The Port posted another update just before midnight Saturday and said it was still seeing system outages.

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