Europe, Heathrow Airport and Cyberattack
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If air traffic control strikes, errant drones and climate protesters weren’t enough to contend with, the aviation industry has a new antagonist threatening to grind things to a halt: hackers.
Passengers are facing another day of disruption at London Heathrow after an alleged cyber attack targeted a service provider for check-in and boarding systems.Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports all experienced delays and disruption on Saturday following the “technical issue” affecting Collins Aerospace,
At least three airports in Europe are experiencing chaos with flights after a suspected cyber attack on Collins Aerospace, which provides their check-in and boarding systems, BBC News and Sky News reported.
Dublin Airport operator daa has said there is currently no timeline set for a fix to be implemented following a Europe-wide cyber attack last weekend which is impacting check-in and boarding systems at Terminal 2.
An incident at Collins Aerospace shut down the cloud back-end for its cMUSE platform this weekend, crippling kiosks and forcing manual fallback at Heathrow, Berlin, and Brussels.