Russian-Speaking Hackers Knock Multiple US Airport Websites Offline

More than a dozen public-facing airport websites, including those for some of the nation's largest airports, appeared inaccessible Monday morning, and Russian-speaking hackers claimed responsibility. From a report: No immediate signs of impact to actual air travel were reported, suggesting the issue may be an inconvenience for people seeking travel information. "Obviously, we're tracking that, and there's no concern about operations being disrupted," Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said Monday at a security conference in Sea Island, Georgia. The 14 websites include the one for Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. An employee there told CNN there were no operational impacts. The Los Angeles International Airport website was offline earlier but appeared to be restored shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern.

Russian speaking hacjers

[mobby_6kl]

Yes I wonder who those might be

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[XXongo]

LOL! Is that all the "evidence" you needed to crack the case?

Well, that and the fact that Russian hackers claimed credit [npr.org].

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[Archtech]

Yes I wonder who those might be

"Russian-speaking hackers", of course!

Now if only we could trust everything that Russian-speaking hackers tell us...

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Devastating

[jfdavis668]

I don't think I have ever accessed an airport web site. Just use the airline I'm using.

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[WoodstockJeff]

But, if they could take down a site you never access, just think of all the other sites you never access getting taken down! It's conceivable you might notice something!

Or not...

Obligatory xkcd

[Entrope]

It's like Rule 34, but for the Slashdot crowd: If it exists, Munroe has a relevant webcomic for it. https://xkcd.com/932/ [xkcd.com]

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[q4Fry]

I should have Ctrl-F'd before posting. You deserve any points I get.

A bitter land never yields sweet fruit.

[Eunomion]

Besides, all the truly technically competent people have already fled Russia.

If you will not offer talented people freedom and prosperity, you must offer them glory and honor. Putin has none of the above to give, offering only quasi-suicidal vengeance for failure.

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[Darinbob]

Because if you are technically competent and speak Russian, then your brain keeps reciting "does not compute!" whenever Putin talks.

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[Opportunist]

To be fair, it doesn't take much intelligence to figure out that Putin's not exactly a very credible source for ... well, anything.

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[Opportunist]

That's the conclusion any person comes to when comparing reality with the bullshit Vovochka spreads.

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[Eunomion]

Nobody in the middle east has anything worthwhile to offer Russia. They depend on Russia for whatever they have, and now all they're doing for Putin is sending back some of what he sent them as part of his mayhem strategy in the region in the last decade.

As for mercs, there's a reason most countries prefer not to use them. Many reasons, actually. It just means Putin is desperate

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[RockDoctor]

all the truly technically competent people

Well, those who don't have friends, family, memories and associations which they don't want to leave behind. Or, indeed, those who can differentiate between "Mother Russia" and the current head of state. Speaking as someone who has just (nominally) swapped Queen Brenda for King Big Ears the Third, I have no problem differentiating between the head of state and the country.

Aren't you Americans electing a new half-term president next month? Which half of the presiden

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[Eunomion]

There's an "oxygen mask" principle at work when it comes to fleeing a despotic state: You find refuge abroad first, and then you work to get your family out.

As for we Americans, I have no idea what you're talking about. Some legislative offices are up for election, and Republicans are (as usual) planning to rig it so that they can get 60% of the offices from winning 40% of the votes. It's old news, and we'll be fine regardless of the media's drama queen bullshit.

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[RockDoctor]

Your "oxygen mask" concept doesn't work when the border is shut behind you. As a SCUBA diver, I'm also very dubious about the basic idea too. (It doesn't work in the HUET machine either. If you've had that as part of your pre-flight training.)

Pericles would love your concept of democracy. But then again, since Pericles was of the generation that produced the concept of "democracy", and he knew how to use a sword ... meeting him might not go so well for you. Enjoy.

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[Eunomion]

I strongly suggest reading more first-hand accounts of people in history who have fled from tyranny. The prospects of escape are much higher for people with relatives who already got out than people who stayed behind trying to arrange some kind of perfect exodus.

Not sure what you mean about Pericles, or why you're so skeptical of democracy. Dictators sure as hell aren't skeptical of how dangerous democracy is to them. They fear it like it's the embodiment of their own death. In fact, I see the analog

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[quantaman]

Could this be retaliation for Russia being kicked out of ICAO?

https://simpleflying.com/russi... [simpleflying.com]

More likely retaliation for someone (probably Ukraine) damaging the bridge that is the single most important piece of Russian military logistics in a "terrorist attack".

So Russia has responded by trying to kill as many civilians as possible with even more indiscriminate missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and whatever other escalations they can muster. So I suspect the hackers are also reacting with outrage at Ukraine's totally unjustified attempts* to defend itself from conquest and Russification.

* I'm bei

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[CAIMLAS]

Wait, which part was sarcasm? That tracks with my understanding, mostly - a suicide bomber blew up the bridge, and Russia is indeed trying to hit targets in Kiev.

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[quantaman]

Wait, which part was sarcasm? That tracks with my understanding, mostly - a suicide bomber blew up the bridge, and Russia is indeed trying to hit targets in Kiev.

The sarcasm referred to the idea that the bridge was somehow a purely civilian target and it was a terrorist act for Ukraine to hit. It's the major route for Russia to supply its armies in Crimea, Kherson, and probably Zaporizhzhia. Of course you take it out the first chance you get.

Otherwise, the cause of the explosion is still unknown but it probably wasn't a truck bomb [bbc.com]. Russia is saying suicide bomber because there was clearly a truck in the vicinity and "suicide bomber" sounds very terroristy, but given

We should retaliate..

[RightSaidFred99]

We should destroy their economy and hack them until they are a third world shithole with a fourth rate military.

Oh.. wait...

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[UnknowingFool]

Plot twist: Their military woes are their own doing.

Obligatory XKCD

[q4Fry]

#932: "CIA" [xkcd.com]

Sea Island is a nice place to hold a conference.

[clovis]

Huh. A conference at Sea island, Ga. It's a nice place, I wonder if they'll get much work done there.
Ususllay, though, a conference at Sea island is either only for the boss of the bosses of the pointy-hair boss, or government employees with no controls on their budget.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Ho... [tripadvisor.com]

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[RockDoctor]

If you do the "work of the conference" at the conference, you're doing it wrong. You write your papers, prepare your posters, practice your presentations beforehand. All the schmoozing, swapping of contacts etc that are not the work of the conference takes place in the coffee shops and hallways between the nominal "work of the conference".

There's also a reason that the hookers raise their prices and lower their standards when a religious conference comes to town.

Hey

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