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An unspecified IT attack has left 1,400 passengers of Polish flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines stuck in Warsaw, after the company discovered it was unable to file flight plans for its departing aircraft.

Reuters reports that the airline's ground computer system — used to issue the flight plans — had been "hacked" on Sunday afternoon.

The system was "fixed" after five hours, leading to ten cancellations and a dozen or more flights being delayed.

LOT announced that it had "encountered IT attack (sic), that affected our ground operation systems. As a result we’re not able to create flight plans, and outbound flights from Warsaw are not able to depart."

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack

LOT Polish Airlines was forced to cancel 10 flights scheduled to depart from Warsaw’s Chopin airport on Sunday after hackers attacked its ground computer systems.


The IT attack, which was not described in detail, left the company unable to create flight plans for outbound flights, grounding around 1,400 passengers.

The company said that plane systems were not affected and aircraft that were already in the air were able to continue their flight or to land. The incident only affected the ability of planes to depart from the airport for several hours.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberattack