NY: Albany Airport falls victim to cyber attack

WNYT reports:

Albany International Airport was the subject of a cyber attack on Christmas day.

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LogicalNet, the authority’s Schenectady-based computer management provider, says its own network had been targeted and breached.  A virus entered the airport’s system through LogicalNet’s maintenance server and then overcame the airport’s anti-virus protection.

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Update: Media subsequently reported that this was Sodinikibi ransomware and that the airport had severed its ties with LogicalNet.

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