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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Trevelyan and Anastasia Teterevleva

Flight schedule ‘stabilised’ after airline cyberattack

  • Russian airline Aeroflot announced it has stabilised its flight schedule following a major cyberattack on Monday.
  • Two pro-Ukraine hacking groups, Belarusian Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow, claimed responsibility for a year-long operation that compromised Aeroflot's network.
  • The hackers asserted they crippled 7,000 servers, extracted data on passengers and employees, and gained control over staff computers.
  • The cyberattack resulted in the cancellation of 59 round-trip flights from Moscow on Monday, with further cancellations and significant delays reported on Tuesday.
  • The Kremlin described the incident as 'worrying', leading to a criminal investigation by Russia's prosecutor's office and calls from lawmakers for increased digital security.

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