The British police announced on Wednesday that on Tuesday she had detained a man as part of an investigation into a Friday cyber attack on the US Collins Aerospace, which operates the so -called. check systems at airports. This attack was disrupted by several European airports. At the same time, the British National Criminal Agency (NCA) said the suspect was released on bail. According to AFP, DPA and Reuters reports, TASR reports this.
The investigation of this incident is in the early stages and continues to take place
NCA detained the man on Tuesday evening in the county Western Sussex based on suspicion of crimes under the Computer Crime Act. “Despite the fact that this detention is a positive step, the investigation of this incident continues to be in the early stages and continues to take place,” said Deputy Director of NCA Paul Foster. “Cyberkrinality is a permanent global threat that continues to cause considerable disturbance in the United Kingdom,” he continued.
The cyber attack caused a disruption of check -in and boarding systems at London, Brussels, Berlin and Dublin airports.
London’s Heathrow Airport reported on Saturday that Collins Aerospace, which operates the mentioned check-in and boarding systems (Check-in and boarding) for several airports at airports around the world, has technical problems that can slow down departing passengers.
Belgian Belgian Airport Brussels-Zaaventem on its website reported that a cyber attack occurred on Friday evening, and has disabled these automated systems, causing passengers only manual check-in and boarding.
Problems persist also on Wednesday
The disruption, which persists at some European airports on Wednesday, disrupted the systems, which led to the abolition of flights and delay, especially on Saturday.
Collins Aerospace said on Saturday that it learned of disturbing Muse’s software at selected airports and explained that the disruption “was limited to electronic passengers and baggage handover”.
