{"id":691204,"date":"2025-09-21T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cyberattack-hits-european-airports\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:00:44","slug":"cyberattack-hits-european-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cyberattack-hits-european-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack hits European airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9ace20da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9ace20da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cyberattack-hits-european-airports\/#%E2%80%98Queues_not_moving\" >&#8216;Queues not moving&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/travellers-wait-at-lon.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/travellers-wait-at-lon.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Travelers wait at London's Heathrow Airport, one of the major European airports including Brussels and Berlin hit by a cyberattack.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/travellers-wait-at-lon.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers wait at London's Heathrow Airport, one of the major European airports including Brussels and Berlin hit by a cyberattack\" title=\"Travelers wait at London's Heathrow Airport, one of the major European airports including Brussels and Berlin hit by a cyberattack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel<\/a>ers wait at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport, one of the major European airports including Brussels and Berlin hit by a cyberattack.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Major European airports including Brussels, Berlin and London&#8217;s Heathrow were Saturday hit by a cyberattack on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for thousands of passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland were also affected, Dublin airport said on X, adding that it was experiencing &#8220;minor impacts&#8221; from &#8220;a Europe-wide software issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to aviation watchdog Eurocontrol, the airports were &#8220;reporting disruptions in IT systems related to passenger handling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 flights were canceled out of Brussels Airport and another 17 delayed by over an hour after the system was hit by a &#8220;cyberattack&#8221; late Friday, the airport said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have become aware of a cyber-related disruption to our MUSE software in select airports,&#8221; airport service provider Collins Aerospace told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The impact is limited to electronic customer check-in and baggage drop,&#8221; added Collins Aerospace, which says it has a presence in 170 airports globally.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels airport said the attack was still having a &#8220;large impact&#8221; on flight schedules on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of information, it&#8217;s really not good at all, people are waiting, people don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Nancy Steiner, 53, told AFP while surveying the long queues of passengers at Brussels airport.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines had been asked to cancel half their flights to and from Brussels between 0400 GMT on Saturday and 0200 GMT on Monday because of the attack, Eurocontrol said.<\/p>\n<p>AFPTV reporters filmed large queues at Brussels as passengers anxiously monitored announcement boards showing many flight delays.<\/p>\n<p>London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport\u2014the busiest in Europe\u2014said its check-in and boarding systems, also provided by Collins Aerospace, were hit by a &#8220;technical issue&#8221; that &#8220;may cause delays for departing passengers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/passengers-check-a-dig.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/passengers-check-a-dig.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Passengers check a digital display showing flights at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/passengers-check-a-dig.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers check a digital display showing flights at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport\" title=\"Passengers check a digital display showing flights at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Passengers check a digital display showing flights at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Queues_not_moving\"><\/span>&#8216;Queues not moving&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t tell us anything. It&#8217;s always crowded here, but today is like extra,&#8221; said a 41-year-old architect waiting in Heathrow, who gave her first name as Rowan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the system is down they should delay the flight. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m hoping,&#8221; she added, waiting in the packed check-in area at Heathrow&#8217;s Terminal 4 for a Saudia Airlines flight to Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman waiting for an Air Algerie flight to Algeria said she had been queuing for more than an hour to check in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said they&#8217;re doing everything manually. That&#8217;s all they&#8217;ve told us,&#8221; said the 30-year-old, asking not to give her name.<\/p>\n<p>Pranit Nevrekar, 32, dropping his parents off for the Jeddah flight, said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been told there&#8217;s a disruption across Europe. So the check in system isn&#8217;t working, they&#8217;re doing everything manually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Berlin Airport website read that &#8220;due to a technical issue at a system provider operating across Europe, there are longer waiting times at check-in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Collins Aerospace said it was &#8220;actively working to resolve the issue and restore full functionality to our customers as quickly as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The aviation tech company, which specializes in digital and data processing services, is a subsidiary of the American aerospace and defense group RTX, formerly known as Raytheon.<\/p>\n<p>Cyberattacks and tech outages have disrupted airports around the world in recent years, from Japan to Germany, as air travel increasingly relies on online, interconnected systems.<\/p>\n<p>Aviation expert Anita Mendiratta, who is also a special adviser to the secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> of UN tourism, told AFP it was difficult to know who was behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p>But she stressed it was &#8220;a disruption caused to a software not a specific airport&#8221; and it was important to try to &#8220;contain the contagion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The aviation sector saw a 600% increase in cyberattacks from 2024 to 2025, according to a report by French aerospace company Thales released in June.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From airlines and airports to navigation systems and suppliers, every link in the chain is vulnerable to attack,&#8221; the report warned, pointing out that the strategically and economically important sector had become a &#8220;prime target&#8221; for cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2025 AFP\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Cyberattack hits European airports (2025, September 20)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 21 September 2025<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-09-cyberattack-european-airports.html\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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