Websites at some major US airports were rendered inaccessible early Monday in an apparent coordinated attack, though officials said flights were not affected.
The cyberattack occurred after a group of pro-Russian hackers calling itself Killnet called for coordinating denial of service attacks - not being able to enter the websites - against the targets, whose detailed list was published on its channel in the messaging application. private Telegram.
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"We became aware this morning that the external website was down, and our IT and security teams are investigating," said Andrew Gobeil, a spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
"There has been no impact on operations," he reiterated.
Some sections of the website of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, for its acronym in English) directed to the public were also inoperative, according to spokeswoman Victoria Spilabotte.
“No internal airport systems were compromised and there were no operational interruptions,” she confirmed.
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Spilabette said LAX authorities notified the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and that his IT team was working to restore all services and investigate the cause.
Other airports reported similar problems accessing their websites, which seemed to be very slow, including Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, which was included in Killnet's target list.
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The city's Aviation Department said in a statement that the O'Hare and Midway airport websites were down early Monday, but that no airport operations were affected.
Last week, a group of hackers claimed responsibility for cyberattacks against state government websites across the country.