{"id":438768,"date":"2025-09-20T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/438768\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:54:14","slug":"cyberattack-hits-check-in-systems-at-some-of-europes-busiest-airports-cybersecurity-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/438768\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack hits check-in systems at some of Europe\u2019s busiest airports | Cybersecurity News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports among major European hubs confirming disruptions as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n

A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic and caused delays at major airports across Europe.<\/p>\n

Some operations at a number of airports, including London\u2019s Heathrow, were taken offline on Saturday after a service provider\u2019s software was hit in the attack.<\/p>\n

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At Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, at least 29 departures and arrivals have been cancelled so far, according to aviation data provider Cirium. In total, 651 departures were scheduled from Heathrow, 228 from Brussels and 226 from Berlin on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Heathrow airport<\/a>, the United Kingdom\u2019s largest and one of the busiest internationally, \u201cis experiencing a technical issue that may cause delays for departing passengers\u201d, said Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding systems for several airlines across multiple airports globally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the provider works to resolve the problem quickly, we advise passengers to check their flight status with their airline before travelling,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\"EuropeTravellers wait near check-in desks at Heathrow airport in the Greater London area, UK [Isabel Infantes\/Reuters]<\/p>\n

Collins Aerospace is a major aerospace and military company based in the United States, and a subsidiary of weaponsmaker RTX Corporation<\/a> \u2013 formerly Raytheon Technologies. RTX said it was aware of a \u201ccyber-related disruption\u201d to its software in select airports, without naming them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact is limited to electronic customer check-in and baggage drop and can be mitigated with manual check-in operations,\u201d the company said in a statement, adding that it was working to fix the issue as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Brussels and Berlin airports separately confirmed they were also affected by the attack, which rendered automated systems inoperable, allowing only manual check-in and boarding procedures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has a large impact on the flight schedule and will unfortunately cause delays and cancellations of flights,\u201d Brussels airport said, adding that the cyberattack occurred on Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to a technical issue at a system provider \u2026 there are longer waiting times at check-in. We are working on a quick solution,\u201d Berlin airport said in a banner on its website.<\/p>\n

\"EuropePeople walk by a departures board at Brussels airport in Zaventem, Belgium [Harry Nakos\/AP]<\/p>\n

Frankfurt airport, Germany\u2019s largest, was not affected, a spokesperson said. An official from the operations control centre at Zurich airport also said it had not been affected. The country\u2019s federal office for information security, the BSI, said it was in touch with Berlin airport over \u201cinfrastructure disruptions\u201d and that aviation security was not affected.<\/p>\n

The Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, also known as Roissy, along with Orly and Le Bourget airports in the Paris area, reported no disruptions.<\/p>\n

EasyJet, among Europe\u2019s biggest airlines, said it was currently operating as normal and did not expect the issue to affect flights for the rest of the day. Delta Air Lines from the US said it expected minimal impact to flights, and that it had implemented a workaround to minimise disruption.<\/p>\n

Dublin airport said in a statement online that its Terminal 2 was evacuated as a precaution, adding that flights may face temporary disruption. The terminal was reopened soon after and flights were resumed, but the airport noted that \u201csome temporary disruption may continue during the remainder of the day\u201d and that separately, a \u201cEurope-wide software issue is causing minor impacts at airports today\u201d, including at Dublin and Cork airports.<\/p>\n

No group, individual, or state actor has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack, and a motive is yet to be confirmed. There has been no confirmed instance of data theft related to the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports among major European hubs confirming disruptions as a result of the attack. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[1306,3457,2000,299,5187,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-438768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-aviation","9":"tag-cybersecurity","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115237202862025407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}