A file photo shows passengers looking at flight departure information boards in the West Gates expansion area at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline on October 10, 2022, after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group. — AFP
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.
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