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Cross-posted from https://pawb.social/post/33290507
Airports across North America experienced an unexpected disruption this week after hackers blasted pro-Palestine and anti-Trump messages.
On Tuesday, the public address system at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania, as well as three across Canada (Kelowna International Airport, Victoria International Airport, and Windsor International Airport), were co-opted by the hackers, according to CNN.
The messages they played included “f**k Netanyahu and Trump” and “free, free Palestine,” as heard via a recording made at Harrisburg International.
I was thinking this is more of a prank than a security threat, but you could actually cause serious problems with malicious announcements over the PA.
I hope it was an external prank. This is too likely an internal job, which narrows the list if suspects a lot
Sometimes all the hacking you really need is to notice the sticky note on an employees desk has the security wifi password written on it.
Try the adress of the building