I understand DDoS Attack but, I feel bad and insecure that (if it is true that) the hackers were able to modify the flight plans
From the article:
On Sunday someone was able to infiltrate the computer system of the Polish airline LOT and successfully cancel 10 of the carrier’s flights. A dozen other flights were reportedly delayed, according to Reuters.
“Initially, it seems that flight’s plan couldn’t be generated which may indicate that key nodes in the back office were compromised,” Santamarta said Monday. “On the other hand the inability to perform or validate data loading on aircraft (including flight plans), using the standard procedures, should make us think of another attack vector, possibly against the ground communication devices.”
“What if the incident was just a training action or reconnaissance operation before a more massive cyber-attack on a much busier airport like Charles de Gaulle in Paris or JFK in New York?” Nikishin said. “Regardless of the reason and the threat actors, we can see how our life depends on computers and how vulnerable to cyber-threats national critical infrastructure objects have become.”
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