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The websites of a number of major US airports went black for a short time on
Monday after a cyber attack by a pro-Russian hacker group. The Ddos attacks
hit airport websites in several major cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Los
Angeles, New York, Phoenix and St Louis.
 
In a ddos attack, a website is taken offline by flooding it with data. The
airport websites were targeted after pro-Russian hacker group KillNet
published a list of sites. The group called on its followers to attack it. The
attacks only affected the public websites of the airports. These provide
flight and service information and do not affect operations.
 
KillNet last week claimed responsibility for attacks on a number of US
government websites. The collective is targeting other countries resisting the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency (CISA) did not immediately comment.

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