"US Airports Taken Down in DDoS Attacks by Pro-Russian Hackers"

The pro-Russian hacktivist group 'KillNet' claims to have carried out large-scale Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks on the websites of several major airports in the US, rendering them inoperable. DDoS attacks have flooded the servers that host these sites with garbage requests, making it impossible for travelers to connect and get flight updates or book airport services. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), one of the country's busiest air traffic hubs, and the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is intermittently offline or very slow to respond, are two notable examples of airport websites that are currently unavailable. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Denver International Airport (DIA), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and airports in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Hawaii are among those that return database connection errors. This article continues to discuss the takedown of US airports by DDoS attacks supposedly launched by KillNet. 

Bleeping Computer reports "US Airports Taken Down in Ddos Attacks by Pro-Russian Hackers"