Two B.C. airports noticed main intrusions involving their info techniques on Tuesday night.
For a short while, terminal screens at Kelowna Worldwide Airport displayed what seemed to be pro-Hamas messages criticizing Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump.
The general public deal with system was additionally compromised.
In an announcement, Kelowna Airport mentioned that “a 3rd social gathering gained entry to the flight info show screens and the general public deal with (PA) system within the terminal constructing at Kelowna Worldwide Airport (YLW).
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“The YLW crew has efficiently eliminated the unauthorized messaging. It has additionally restored our flight info show screens and are persevering with to work on restoring the PA system.”
The difficulty did result in some flight delays, the airport confirmed.
An analogous scenario additionally occurred on the Victoria Worldwide Airport. Employees there mentioned an unauthorized audio message was broadcast on its PA system on account of a “cloud-based software program subject.”
It’s unclear if the 2 incidents are linked.
For a short while, screens on the Kelowna Worldwide Airport displayed what seemed to be pro-Hamas messages.
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