This Saturday, there was a “possible hack” at the Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), which made things very hard for visitors.
Fox 13 reported that hundreds of planes were canceled or delayed while officials tried to figure out what was going on. Before going to the airport on Saturday, the government told people to check with their companies to get the most up-to-date information on their plans.
SEA wrote about what was going on and gave more details in a social media post on Saturday.
“The Port of Seattle had some system failures this morning, which could be a sign of a hack. The Port shut down important systems and is now trying to get full service back up and running, but they don’t know when it will be ready.”
After that, SEA sent another message saying, “We are working closely with the right officials and partners to help passengers who may be affected. If you are flying today, please check with our flight partners for information on how to get to SEA and your gate, and give yourself extra time.”
King 5 reported that the possible hack shut down the internet, phone lines, and other services. At the time, the news source said that officials didn’t know when the problem would be fixed and that 225 planes were late and six were canceled:
The Seattle International Airport (SEA) and the Port of Seattle are still having system failures, according to a post on social media early Sunday morning. There is no expected time for return, and teams at the port are still working to get full service back up and running.
In July, the American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike released a bad software update for Microsoft Windows computers. This caused major problems at airports around the world and stopped planes.
“Cybersecurity experts have said that the problems are not thought to be the result of a malicious cyberattack,” the story said.
“The problems actually come from a bad or faulty update that the huge surveillance company CrowdStrike sent to its customers. The problem only seems to be happening on machines that use the Windows operating system,” the story said.
