Pro-Russian group Killnet launch cyberattack on U.S. airports

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The hacking group, “Killnet” claimed responsibility for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack on various U.S. airports on 10 October. The Russian affiliated group caused the websites U.S. airports to be inaccessible, including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-StPaul.

While the DDOS attacks made it temporarily impossible for travelers to access the airport’s website, it had no affect on operations, to include ticketing, TSA, or flights.

According to a statement from Los Angeles (LAX) provided to DarkReading, “Early this morning, the FlyLAX.com website was partially disrupted,” an LAX spokesperson noted in an emailed statement. LAX officials described the service interruption as being limited to portions of the public-facing FlyLAX.com website only. “No internal airport systems were compromised and there were no operational disruptions,” according to the statement, adding that the airport’s IT team has restored services and that the airport has notified the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).”