BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -A cyberattack at a provider of check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations on Saturday at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations.
The disruption is the latest in a string of hacks targeting governments and companies across the world, hitting sectors from healthcare and defence to retail and autos. A recent breach at luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover brought its production to a halt.
Saturday's problems were centered on MUSE software made by Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for several airlines at airports globally, airports said.
RTX, Collins Aerospace's parent company, said it was aware of a "cyber-related disruption" to the software at selected airports, without naming them.
Heathrow Airport said it was among those affected. Brussels Airport and Berlin Airport were also affected, they said separately. Hours later, Dublin Airport said it was also facing minor impact from the issue, along with Cork Airport, Ireland's second biggest after Dublin.
"The impact is limited to electronic customer check-in and baggage drop and can be mitigated with manual check-in operations," RTX said in an emailed statement, adding that it was working to fix the issue as quickly as possible.
It did not give any information on who might be behind the attack.
At Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, 29 flight departures and arrivals had been cancelled as of 1130 GMT, aviation data provider Cirium said. In total, 651 departures were scheduled from Heathrow, 228 from Brussels and 226 from Berlin on Saturday.
Officials in Brussels said there had been four flight diversions, as well as "delays on most of the departing flights."
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