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Airports across Germany affected by major cyber attack

A suspected cyber attack has been launched on several airports across Germany overnight, bringing down their websites and online services.

user icon Daniel Croft
Fri, 17 Feb 2023
Airports across Germany affected by major cyber attack
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The German Airports Association (ADV standing for Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen) said that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeted seven airports; however, only four have suffered outages.

Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Erfurt and Nuremberg had their websites affected, while the online services of larger airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin remained operational.

“Once again, airports fell victim to large-scale DDoS attacks,” said Ralph Beisel, general manager of the ADV.

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Beisel went on to say that other airport operations were unaffected but that the outages would affect customers over the next few days, particularly as the attack lined up with strikes at several German airports.

The aviation industry has been the target of cyber attacks this week, with Scandinavian airline SAS having been hit by a cyber attack only days before.

While now fixed, the 14 February attack saw users accidentally logging into the wrong accounts and accessing other customers’ data.

The airline advised users to steer clear of the website and app during the breach.

The airline has provided very little information regarding the incident.

Daniel Croft

Daniel Croft

Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Daniel Croft is a passionate journalist with an understanding for and experience writing in the technology space. Having studied at Macquarie University, he joined Momentum Media in 2022, writing across a number of publications including Australian Aviation, Cyber Security Connect and Defence Connect. Outside of writing, Daniel has a keen interest in music, and spends his time playing in bands around Sydney.

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