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Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel

State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia.

Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. Silent Crow and the other group, named Belarusian Cyberpartisans, said the cyberattack was the result of a yearlong operation that had deeply penetrated Aeroflot's network, destroyed 7,000 servers, and gained control over the personal computers of employees, including senior managers. “We’re helping Ukrainians fight the occupiers by paralyzing Russia’s largest airline and inflicting massive financial damage,” the message posted by the Belarusian Cyberpartisans said in its own declaration of involvement in the operation.

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