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Attack hacker overthrows the main airports in Europe
Published on September 20, 2025
From Friday night on Saturday morning (20), a cyber attack affected different airports throughout Europe.Heathrow airport in London (England) has faced delays and cancellation of numerous flights due to the interruption of digital systems.
The target of the Hacker attack was Collins Aerospace: an outsourced company that provides systems for different airports from various airports.Once attacked, the company harms all that use its software to ship passengers.
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A hacker attack invaded and interrupted the operation of Collins Aerospace software;
As a result, several clients around the world (emphasis on the largest airports in Europe) had trouble checking it electronically;
England, Ireland, Belgium and Germany have already reported operating problems.
Boarding room at an airport (Image: Alexander Farnsworth/Shutterstock)
Other airports highlighted systemic problems, such as operations in Brussels (Belgium) and Berlin (Germany).To the public, RTX.Corp (which controls Collins Aerospace) had already reported knowledge about the cyber interruption of its software, but did not officially name which airports were affected.
Hours later, Ireland's largest airports (Dublin and Cork) also admitted impacts on the operation of their respective operations.
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After the repercussion, RTX sent an email statement to the print, stating that "the impact is limited to the customer's electronic check-in and luggage delivery, and can be mitigated with check-in manual operations."However, it was not declared whether any specific criminal organization claimed credit by Ciberataque.
Queue to check in at an airport (Playback: Edwin Petrus/Unsplash)
More than 29 matches and arrivals have been canceled at Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels airports, according to Cirium: internationally declared as the source of most reliable aviation analysis in the world.
The recommendation given by aviation agents is that passengers contact the companies that have issued their tickets in order to verify that the flight will be delayed, rescheduled or canceled.This is because, as the entire check-in process becomes manual, the lines already traditionally long will be even higher and with waiting time exceeding 2 hours, as informs the testimonies given to the CBC.