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Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack
Flights across Russia have been grounded after a cyberattack hit the country’s largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday. Details of the cyberattack remain limited, but it has been confirmed that over 60 flights were cancelled due to the incident.
According to reports, a pro-Ukrainian hacker group known as Silent Crow took credit for the cyberattack alongside Belarusian hackers, citing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine. The group claims to have taken control of Aeroflot’s critical systems, including terabytes of internal data, and has allegedly destroyed the airline’s systems that it had access to.
Screenshots posted by the hackers appear to show access to several Aeroflot systems, including its internal active directory of internal users. Aeroflot’s website was currently unavailable on Monday, with an error message saying it had been “temporarily restricted.”
Footage from inside a Russian airport shows a departure screen showing flights cancelled across the board.
A statement from Russian prosecutors confirmed that more than 60 flights were cancelled due to the incident, citing a “hacker attack.”
Source: techcrunch.com
