Cybersecurity
US Airport Websites Knocked Offline by Pro-Russia Hackers
- O’Hare and LAX among websites that group claims to have hit
- LaGuardia’s website suffered some delays for 15 minutes
Travelers look out a window at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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A pro-Russian group is claiming credit for a series of disruptions that temporarily knocked the websites of some US airports offline.
The group, called Killnet, has engaged in a series of cyberattacks in recent months against Western targets, including incidents that temporarily rendered some state government websites offline last week, according to cybersecurity experts.