Hackers ground 1,400 passengers at Warsaw in attack on airline's computers

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The Guardian/Reuters:

Polish state-owned airline LOT suffers hacking assault on ground systems that causes 10 national and international flights to be cancelled

June 21 2015

 

Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT have been grounded at Warsaw Chopin airport after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said.

 

The computer system was hacked on Sunday afternoon and fixed after about five hours, during which 10 of the state-owned carrier’s national and international flights were cancelled and about a dozen more delayed, spokesman Adrian Kubicki said.

 

LOT was taking care of the passengers on Sunday evening and some were already able to board flights. The airline said it was providing hotels for those who needed to stay overnight.

 

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