Seattle-Tacoma Airport Operations Disrupted After Cyberattack

A cyber incident crippled operations this weekend at one of the nation’s busiest airports - Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport near Seattle.
According to reports from airport officials, an apparent cyberattack struck on Saturday morning, taking down critical systems like websites, email services, and phones. This major outage disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers and resulted in massive delays and baggage issues that extended into Sunday afternoon.
To give you an idea of the scale and fallout of this attack, Alaska Airlines alone was forced to manually sort over 7,000 bags since automation systems were compromised. Many flights had to be processed using paper boarding passes and manual bag searches. International airlines and smaller carriers were hit especially hard. Some passengers reported delays of two hours or more due to the chaos.
Now, here’s what we know so far about the nature of the cyberattack based on statements from Sea-Tac and the FBI. Airport authorities have confirmed they believe this was a deliberate cyber incident, not an accident or glitch. However, key details about who was responsible and their exact motives still remain unclear. The FBI is involved and investigating but hasn’t provided any further updates.
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