As the US sided with Ukraine in its war against Russia, a Russian hacktivist group called KillNet is targeting US airport websites with DDoS attacks.
They’re sending garbage traffic toward these airport websites to overwhelm their servers and make them inaccessible to legitimate users. As of now, the websites of major airports from Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando, Denver, etc., are down or slow responding.
Targeting US Airport Websites
With Ukraine trying to join NATO – where the US has been the de facto leader – Russia started bombing all around to capture Ukraine. As the war goes on, a prominent Russian hacktivist group called the KillNet sided with its state to aid in cyber warfare.
In this pursuit, the group has been targeting the official websites of several US airports – causing inconveniences to legitimate users. They’re said to be using special software to generate fake requests and direct them at the targets ( DDoS )- hoping to deplete their resources and make them unavailable.
As it’s happening, we see some of the important airports having their website go offline due to this already! These include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is intermittently offline or very slowly responding.
Just to be clear certain US airport websites are apparently being DDoSed but main airport systems are unaffected. Chicago’s O’Hare Airport running with 15 minute arrival and departure delays. #cybersecurity #infosec pic.twitter.com/69UESCCeBw — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) October 10, 2022
