Thousands of passengers saw their flights canceled or delayed after cyberattack hit by Heathrow Airport and the airports of Berlin and Brussels in check -in systems.
The hackers targeted software used by airlines to control passengers and boarding cards. After cyberattack He had to control boarding cards manually, significantly extending the process, which created hours of travelers.
Experts speak of an extremely clever attack which managed to paralyze critical systems at the same time at different airports and airlines. It is a chain of blows that have overcome the border of a country.
Check-in systems are provided by Collins Aerospace, an American company that also produces defense systems and assigned a contract last week to execute NATO electronic war planning.
So far it is not clear who is behind the cyberattack at Collins Aerospace, which provides a check-in software and boarding several airlines at many airports worldwide. Some, however, do not hesitate to say that there is Russian intervention.
The cyberattack began late Friday night and by the afternoon, 29 flights had canceled, according to Cirium, the Aviation Data Providing Company, out of the more than 1,000 in three airports.
More than 600 flights from Heathrow Airport have been interrupted due to cyberattack, according to flight monitoring data.
Flightradar has recorded 629 problems on flights, following cyberattack at Collins Aerospace that led to delays across Europe.
Serious technical problems also occurred at the airports of Berlin and Brussels due to cyberattacks in the external provider of check -in and boarding systems.
The European Commission said it is “closely monitoring” a cyberattack that has caused significant disorders at many international airports across Europe – including Heathros.