- Jan 24, 2011
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Polish airline LOT faced a severe IT attack this past Sunday when hackers managed to disrupt a computer tasked with scheduling outgoing flights.
The attack took place at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport, started around 4 PM and lasted for five hours, during which time ten national and international flights were canceled, affecting around 1,400 passengers.
In a statement on the company's website, a LOT representative said, "Today afternoon LOT encountered IT attack, that affected our ground operation systems. As a result we’re not able to create flight plans and outbound flights from Warsaw are not able to depart."
At no point were airplane computers under threat
The same statement continued by reassuring customers and the general public that there was no threat or danger to the airplanes themselves, "We’d like to underline, that it [the attack] has no influence on plane systems. Aircrafts, that are already airborne will continue their flights. Planes with flight plans already filed will return to Warsaw normally."
LOT eventually got the issue under control, and all affected passengers were rerouted to their destinations through other flights or booked into a hotel if they needed to stay the night.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/hackers-disrupt-polish-airline-lot-ground-10-flights-484905.shtml
The attack took place at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport, started around 4 PM and lasted for five hours, during which time ten national and international flights were canceled, affecting around 1,400 passengers.
In a statement on the company's website, a LOT representative said, "Today afternoon LOT encountered IT attack, that affected our ground operation systems. As a result we’re not able to create flight plans and outbound flights from Warsaw are not able to depart."
At no point were airplane computers under threat
The same statement continued by reassuring customers and the general public that there was no threat or danger to the airplanes themselves, "We’d like to underline, that it [the attack] has no influence on plane systems. Aircrafts, that are already airborne will continue their flights. Planes with flight plans already filed will return to Warsaw normally."
LOT eventually got the issue under control, and all affected passengers were rerouted to their destinations through other flights or booked into a hotel if they needed to stay the night.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/hackers-disrupt-polish-airline-lot-ground-10-flights-484905.shtml
