Russia and Ukraine The war between the two has been going on for about 8 months. In this process, while many countries imposed sanctions on Russia, Russia also had various reactions against these states. Between Russian and Ukrainian troops armed conflicts On the other hand, there are conflicts of different sizes, independent of the states.
Russian hackers target airports
Many of these conflicts are cyber attacks occurs in the form. The last affected by the attacks were some airports in the USA. Websites of some airports in the USA to ‘distributed network attacks’ (DDoS) exposed. It is stated that the websites became unusable after the attacks. While the attacks did not disrupt the flights, it is stated that other services were negatively affected by this situation.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Los Angeles International Airport(LAX) websites crashed A Russian hacktivist named KillNet The group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. While the LAX website has been made available in a short time, the same is not true for Atlanta.
Attacks, still offline Denver International Airport(DIA) also affected. Additionally, airports that have reopened after being attacked include Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and Kentucky, Mississippi and Hawaii Airports exists.
KillNet to carry out the attack special software is said to be used. While the reason for the attack is not clearly stated, KillNet’s In the Russia-Ukraine war It is believed that the United States is engaged in this activity depending on its stance. Hackers have previously targeted Ukraine’s allies. Supporting Ukraine during the war Romania, Italy, Norway and LithuaniaCompanies in Turkey have been subjected to similar attacks.
Distributed Network Attack (DDoS)This is accomplished by flooding a server with bogus requests until it can no longer handle requests. That phone lines always busy Think of it as a customer support center. However, in this case all phone calls fake You can assume it was created.
Although this attack of Russian hackers did not disrupt the flights, it still to airport companies The truth is that it does great damage. So what do you think about the airport attack by Russian hackers? You can share your views with us in the comments section.