Russian hackers from the Killnet group reported on their Telegram channels that they were not involved in the malfunction of the American NOTAM pilot warning system, which caused the delay of more than a thousand flights to the United States.
“Americans, go [к черту]. It is not our merit that your planes cannot fly! This is the virtue of Almighty Allah directing the right hands in the right direction! said the hackers.
From approximately 15:00 (Moscow time) on January 11 in the USA observed Large-scale malfunctions in the operation of the NOTAM system, which notifies pilots of unsafe flight zones. Initially, problems caused more than a thousand flights to be delayed. Then for a few hours the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) It is cancelled all flights in the country. At the time of publication of the news, this prohibition it was already removed.
Information on the causes of the incident has not yet been disclosed. Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied the version of the cyberattacks against the FAA responsible for the NOTAM system.