The websites of several major U.S. airports briefly went down Monday after a computer attack by a pro-Russian hacker group.
The attack was a denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, which involves taking a website offline by flooding it with traffic.
The attacks hit airport websites in several major cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and St. Louis, after the pro-Russian hacker group known as KillNet published a list of sites and encouraged his followers to attack them.
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The DDOS attacks only affected the public part of the sites that provide flight and service information, and had no impact on operations, AFP reported.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport said its website is “up and running following an incident that made it inaccessible to the public.”
“An investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing,” it added. “At no time were operations at the airport affected.”
After being temporarily down, most websites appear to be functioning normally.
Last week KillNet claimed responsibility for attacks against several U.S. government websites and has targeted other countries that oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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