Cyberattack Grounds Aeroflot Flights, Russia’s Largest Airline.
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Russian airline Aeroflot was forced to cancel more than 50 round-trip flights, disrupting travel across the country. Two pro-Ukraine hacking groups claimed to have inflicted a crippling cyberattack.
A statement purporting to be from a hacking group called Silent Crow said it had carried out the operation together with Belarusian Cyberpartisans. The hackers claim to have erased 7,000 IT servers and gained control over the personal computers of employees, including senior managers.
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