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 Read More …

Wichita airport still without Wi-Fi months after cyber attack

It’s been more than three months since a cyber attack on Wichita took the city’s computer systems offline, and one city service is still not completely back to normal. Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was impacted by May’s attack. The Read More …

Alleged breached data of Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka surfaces online

A recent post on the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums claims that the Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka (AASL) has suffered a data breach. According to the post, the breached data contains approximately 7,083 records that include names, NICs, emails, Read More …

Ukrainian intelligence cyberattack cripples telecom networks in Russian-occupied territories

Mirtelecom subscribers were unable to access the network in occupied Crimea and in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson oblasts. Another Russian provider, Farline, suffered significant damage, primarily in Crimea. Similar attacks continued the following month, targeting propaganda media servers, Read More …

Personal data stolen from unsuspecting airport visitors and plane passengers in “evil twin” attacks

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a man for setting up fake free WiFi access points in order to steal personal data from people. The crime was discovered when an airline reported a suspicious WiFi network identified by its Read More …

Lebanon: Beirut airport screens come under cyberattack

Beirut airport on Sunday came under a cyberattack, Lebanon’s state news agency said, with footage shared by local media showing anti-Hezbollah messages had replaced screen displays at its terminal. Lebanon’s National News Agency said “the cyberattack on the departure and Read More …

‘Pay and benefits compromised’ in Dublin Airport cyber attack

The pay and benefits details of nearly 2,000 staff members of daa, which operates Dublin Airport, were compromised due to a recent cyber attack on professional service provider Aon, the Sunday Times reported. A spokesperson said that as a result Read More …

Cyber attack on Bulgarian government websites traced to Russia

The head of Bulgaria’s National Investigation Service, Borislav Sarafov, said on October 16 that the perpetrator of a cyber attack the previous day on several Bulgarian state, government and private websites had been identified, and the attack had come from Read More …

Hackers took down U.S. airport web sites, Department of Homeland Security confirms

Unknown hackers attacked and temporarily shut down the public-facing websites of at least several major U.S. airports on Monday, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to USA TODAY. The official from DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or CISA, Read More …