The Port of Seattle, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said it was hit by a “possible cyberattack” that appears to have affected its website and phone systems.
The port first announced the outage via social media Saturday morning, with the airport posting that it had “experienced a specific system outage indicating a possible cyberattack.”
Late Saturday evening, the airport said the outage was still ongoing. “There is no estimated time of restoration and the port team is continuing to work to restore full service.” It also encouraged travelers to use airline apps to obtain boarding passes and baggage tags and to allow extra time to get to the gate.
A review of DNS records by TechCrunch shows that as of Sunday morning Pacific Time, much of the Port of Seattle's publicly visible web infrastructure, including its website, was still offline.
A TSA spokesperson told GeekWire that security operations have not been impacted. Earlier this year, the Biden administration issued an executive order aimed at improving cybersecurity at ports.
This comes less than a month after a CrowdStrike software update caused a global IT meltdown that included flight cancellations and delays.
Additional reporting by Zack Whittaker
