PA Systems and Screens Hacked at Kelowna and Victoria Airports
On Tuesday, October 14, some flights at Kelowna and Victoria airports were delayed due to a hacking incident.
The incident occurred between 5 p.m. at both the Kelowna International Airport (YLW) and Victoria International Airport (YYJ), where pro-Hamas messages were displayed on screens and heard over the public address systems.
"The YLW team has successfully removed the unauthorized messaging... It has also restored our flight information display screens and are continuing to work on restoring the PA system."
According to a Reddit post, the messaging was visible for about two minutes and included phrases such as "Free Palestine" and cursing the U.S.
The City of Kelowna stated that the cybersecurity incident was limited to a cloud-based third-party software provider.
Author's summary: Airports hacked with pro-Hamas messages.