There seems to be a current trend of attacking the airline industry. In Germany, seven airports were hit by a suspected cyber-attack on 16 February. Düsseldorf, Nuremberg, and Dortmund airports were among those impacted, but the websites for Germany’s three busiest airports: Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin—were all functioning normally. These airports were victim to large-scale DDoS attacks. Currently, other airport systems were not affected. From Reuters, the chief executive also added that
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Some of the largest airports in the US have been targeted for cyber-attacks; as recent as 10 October, by an attacker group within the Russian Federation. It’s important to note that the airport operations IT systems targeted did not handle air traffic control, internal airline communications and coordination or transportation security. "It's an inconvenience," the source said. The attacks have resulted in targeted "denial of public access" to public-facing web domains that report airport wait
