{"id":132561,"date":"2025-07-28T18:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/pro-ukrainian-hackers-take-credit-for-attack-that-snarls-russian-flight-travel\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:15:25","slug":"pro-ukrainian-hackers-take-credit-for-attack-that-snarls-russian-flight-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/pro-ukrainian-hackers-take-credit-for-attack-that-snarls-russian-flight-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company\u2019s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported.<\/p>\n<p>The airline, Aeroflot, said it cancelled about 40 flights following a \u201ctechnical failure.\u201d An online departure board for Sheremetyevo airport showed dozens of others were delayed. The cancellations and delays hobbled traffic throughout Russia and left travelers stranded at airports. The affected routes were mostly within Russia but also included routes to Belarusian capital Minsk and Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cThe damage is strategic\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Russian prosecutors confirmed to Reuters that the disruption was caused by a hack and have opened a criminal investigation into it. Russian lawmakers also hinted a cyberattack was the cause of the outage, with one of them, Anton Gorelkin, saying Russia was under digital attack, possibly at the hands of hacktivists with help from unfriendly states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/07\/pro-ukrainian-hackers-take-credit-for-attack-that-snarls-russian-flight-travel\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/07\/pro-ukrainian-hackers-take-credit-for-attack-that-snarls-russian-flight-travel\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company\u2019s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. The airline, Aeroflot, said it cancelled about 40 flights following a \u201ctechnical failure.\u201d An online departure board for Sheremetyevo airport showed dozens of others were delayed. 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