{"id":51575,"date":"2023-04-22T07:09:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T07:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/european-air-traffic-control-confirms-website-under-attack-by-pro-russia-hackers\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T07:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T07:09:05","slug":"european-air-traffic-control-confirms-website-under-attack-by-pro-russia-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/european-air-traffic-control-confirms-website-under-attack-by-pro-russia-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"European air traffic control confirms website &#8216;under attack&#8217; by pro-Russia hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe&#8217;s air-traffic agency appears to be the latest target in pro-Russian miscreants&#8217; attempts to disrupt air travel.<\/p>\n<p>Eurocontrol confirmed on Friday its website has been &#8220;under attack&#8221; since April 19, and said &#8220;pro-Russian hackers&#8221; had claimed responsibility for the disruption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attack is causing interruptions to the website and web availability,&#8221; a spokesperson told <em>The Register<\/em>. &#8220;There has been no impact on European aviation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Eurocontrol coordinates commercial traffic between 41 states, including the EU and their national air-traffic control entities. The outage reportedly jammed the agency&#8217;s communication systems and forced some smaller airlines to use older technology to manage flight schedules, including a fax-era backup system.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Eurocontrol spokesperson declined to answer <em>The Register<\/em>&#8216;s specific questions about the incident, including which systems had been affected, when the organization expected to be fully back online, and whether Killnet was the responsible for the apparent distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as the pro-Kremlin crew <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tgstat.com\/channel\/@killnet_reservs\">claimed<\/a> on its Russian-language Telegram channel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From today, a Eurocontrol marathon is being held, lasting 100 hours,&#8221; the post said.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZEQoRoq1DLRf9fltSlX-LwAAAAM&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal first reported the Eurocontrol website woes, citing a &#8220;senior official familiar with the situation,&#8221; who said that air-traffic safety wasn&#8217;t at risk. However, the agency&#8217;s internal and external communication was affected, and this reportedly forced the organization&#8217;s 2,000 employees to use other commercial communication tools.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a heavy cyber battle and while operations are entirely safe, doing other things has been difficult,&#8221; the official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/europes-air-traffic-agency-under-attack-from-pro-russian-hackers-54b4514d?mod=article_inline\">told<\/a> the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, Killnet claimed responsibility for knocking more than a dozen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/10\/10\/ddos_us_airport_websites\/\" rel=\"noopener\">US airports&#8217; websites offline<\/a> in a large-scale DDoS attack. And more recently in February, the miscreants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/02\/17\/german_airport_websites_ddos\/\" rel=\"noopener\">downed German airport websites<\/a> in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n<p>These types of takedowns don&#8217;t require much technical know-how, and there&#8217;s a range of open-source DDoS tools that hacktivists can use to flood target organizations&#8217; networks with junk traffic. Both of these things make DDoS attacks relatively easy \u2014 and, thus, attractive \u2014 for miscreants looking to pull off publicity stunts, but they&#8217;re seldom more than &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/us\/en\/solutions\/endpoint-security\/ransomware-protection\/killnet\">nuisance-level<\/a>&#8221; with the right security setup.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/11\/08\/fbi_hacktivists_useless\/\" rel=\"noopener\">relatively-unsophisticated<\/a>&#8221; hacktivist crew, which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/02\/24\/russian_cybercrime_economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sprang up as a pro-Russia DDoS gang<\/a> during the Ukraine war, has been urging its affiliates to launch similar network-traffic flooding events against US and European critical infrastructure websites as the West increases its support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div 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