On Monday, a pro-Russian hackers group ‘KillNet reportedly claimed to be behind the DDoS attacks, that temporarily took down the websites of several U.S. airports.
A similar case was witnessed by Atlanta International Airport. Consequently, users were unable to access the websites for a few hours during the campaign. Though, the attacks did not have any impact on flight operations.
The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) authority informed about a threat on their website to the Transportation Security Administration and the FBI.
“The service interruption was limited to portions of the public facing FlyLAX.com website only. No internal airport systems were compromised and there were no operational disruptions,” a spokesperson stated in an emailed statement. Adding to the statement, she said the airport’s IT Team has restored all services and is investigating the cause.
Later, the hacker group apparently posted the list of the hacked airport websites on Telegram that included 14 targeted domains, urging hackers to participate in the DDoS attack.
The Airport websites impacted by the group include Los Angeles International, Chicago O’Hare, Hartsfield-Jackson
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