The Port of Seattle launched a press release Friday confirming that it was focused by a ransomware assault.
The assault occurred on August 24, with the Port (which additionally operates the Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport) saying it had “skilled sure system outages indicating a attainable cyberattack.”
The Port is now describing this as “a ‘ransomware’ assault by the legal group generally known as Rhysida.” (The group was additionally apparently answerable for final yr’s cyberattack on the British Library.) With the Port refusing to pay the ransom, Rhysida “could reply by posting knowledge they declare to have stolen on their darkweb web site.”
“Our investigation of what knowledge the actor took is ongoing, however it does seem that some Port knowledge was obtained by the actor in mid-to-late August,” the Port stated, including that it’ll notify staff or passengers if it learns that any of their info was stolen.
TechCrunch’s Devin Coldewey really flew via the airport a number of days after the assault, the place he noticed firsthand that many airport methods had been nonetheless down.
